Treating psoriasis with transient pro-drug forms of xanthine derivatives

US4061753A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• INTERx Research Corporation · US

Inventors

• Nicolae S. Bodor · Lawrence, US
• Kenneth B. Sloan · Gainesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 1976
• Grant date: Dec 6, 1977
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/55
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R, which may be the same or different, represents a member selected from the group consisting of --CH.sub.3, --C.sub.2 H.sub.5, --C.sub.3 H.sub.7, iso--C.sub.3 H.sub.7, --C.sub.4 H.sub.9, iso--C.sub.4 H.sub.9, pentyl, benzyl, allyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, cyclohexyl, 2-isobutenyl, hydroxymethyl, 2-phenylethyl and -CH.sub.2 O-R.sub.2, wherein R.sub.2 is defined infra; wherein R.sub.1 represents a member selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 straight or branched alkyl, CCl.sub.3, CBr.sub.3, CI.sub.3, ##STR2## CH.sub.3 O--CH.sub.2 --, (CH.sub.3).sub.2 NCH.sub.2 --, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.3 represents a member selected from the group consisting of -OH, halogen (Cl, Br, I), --OCH.sub.3, -COOCH.sub.3, -NO.sub.2 and -OCOCH.sub.3 ; wherein ##STR4## and wherein R.sub.2 represents a member selected from the group consisting of ##STR5## wherein R.sub.4 is a member selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 straight or branched alkyl (C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 preferred), --[--(CH.sub.2).sub.m --], wherein m represents an integer of from 0 to 10, ##STR6## wherein R.sub.3 is defined as above, ##STR7## the residue of any naturally occur…