Use of thiazole and thiadiazole compounds

US5958923A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Beate Hellendahl · Mannheim, DE
• Annegret Lansky · Darmstadt, DE
• Beatrice Rendenbach-Muller · Neustadt, DE
• Alfred Bach · Heidelberg, DE
• Liliane Unger · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Hans-Jurgen Teschendorf · Dudenhofen, DE
• Karsten Wicke · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 28, 1999
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D417/12
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of thiazole and thiadiazole compounds of the following formula: ##STR1## where R.sup.1, A, B and Ar have the meanings stated in the description. The compounds according to the invention have a high affinity for the dopamine D.sub.3 receptor and can therefore be used to treat disorders of the central nervous system.