Certain aryl substituted pyrrolopyrazines; a new class of gaba brain receptor ligands
US5606059A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D487/04
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention encompasses compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein (Ia) represents (i) or (ii) where n is 0, 1, or 2: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or straight or branched chain alkyl groups; Y various organic and inorganic substituents; W represents an aromatic group substituted with various organic and inorganic substituents; A is CH or N; B is a substituted or unsubstituted carbon or N; and E is hydrogen or straight or branched alkyl groups. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs thereof and are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep, and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine type drugs, and enhancement of alertness.
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