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Certain 1-phenyl-cyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid type compounds

US4857660A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 1988
Grant dateAug 15, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D311/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

1-Phenyl-3-azabicyclo[3.1.1]-heptane-2,4-diones of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or a saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, cycloaliphatic-aliphatic, aromatic or aromatic-aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having up to and including 18, preferably up to and including 12, carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, sulpho or acyl, R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl and R.sub.4 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by --N(R.sub.2)(R.sub.3), and salts of these compounds, have valuable pharmacological properties, are effective as aromatase inhibitors and can therefore be used for the treatment of hormone-dependent diseases, especially mammary carcinoma.

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