Imidazopyridines

US5389642A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Dorsch · Ober-Ramstadt, DE
• Werner Mederski · Zwingenberg, DE
• Mathias Osswald · Zwingenberg, DE
• Pierre Schelling · Mühltal, DE
• Norbert Beier · Reinheim, DE
• Ingeborg Lues · Darmstadt, DE
• Klaus-Otto Minck · Ober-Ramstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 1993
• Grant date: Feb 14, 1995
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P43/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Novel imidazopyridine derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## in which R is ##STR2## and R.sup.1 to R.sup.4, X and Y are as defined herein, and their salts have antagonistic properties towards angiotensin(II) and can be used for the treatment of hypertension, aldosteronism, cardiac insufficiency and increased intraocular pressure and also disorders of the central nervous system.