Imidazopyridines

US5405964A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 1993
• Grant date: Apr 11, 1995
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

Novel imidazopyridine derivatives of formula I ##STR1## and X, --Y.dbd.Z--, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 as defined herein, and their salts, exhibit antagonistic properties towards angiotensin II and can be used for the treatment of hypertension, aldosteronism, cardiac insufficiency and increased intraocular pressure, and of disorders of the central nervous system.