Imidazopyridines

US5476857A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 1993
• Grant date: Dec 19, 1995
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 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## wherein R is ##STR2## and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, X and Y are as defined herein, and their salts, exhibit antagonistic properties toward 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.