Novel xanthine derivatives
US5281605A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D473/08
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A compound of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.3-4 alkenyl or (C.sub.3-5 cycloalkyl)-methyl, R.sub.2 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl, [hydroxy- or (C.sub.1-4 alkoxy)-substituted C.sub.1-3 alkyl]-methyl, (C.sub.3-5 cycloalkyl)-methyl, tetrahydrofuran 2-yl-methyl or 1,3-dioxolan-2-yl-methyl, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each hydrogen, hydroxymethyl, methoxymethyl or N,N-dimethylcarbamoyloxymethyl, R.sub.5 is hydroxy or methoxy, R.sub.6 is hydrogen, hydroxy, methoxy or halogen and R.sub.7 is in the 2- or 3-position and is hydroxy, methoxy or halogen, or together with R.sub.5 is 3,4-methylendioxy, or together with R.sub.6 is 2,3-methylenedioxy and their physiologically-hydrolysable and -acceptable esters are useful in the treatment (symptomatic and prophylactic) of obstructive or inflammatory airways disease, in particular asthma, and disease characterised by or having an aetiology comprising morbid eosinophil accumulation or activation, e.g. hypereosinophilia.
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