Heterocyclic compounds, their preparation and their use as leucocyte adhesion inhibitors and VLA-4-antagonists

US6034238A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst Marion Roussel Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Volkmar Wehner · Bischofsheim a.d.Rhön, DE
• Hans Ulrich Stilz · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Wolfgang Schmidt · Frankfurt, DE
• Dirk Seiffge · Hochheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Compounds of the formula I, ##STR1## in which B, E, W, Y, Z, R, R.sup.2, R.sup.2a, R.sup.2b, R.sup.3, g and h have the meanings indicated in the specifications. The compounds of the formula I are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds, which are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of inflammatory disorders, for example of rheumatoid arthritis, or of allergic disorders. The compounds of the formula I are inhibitors of the adhesion and migration of leucocytes and/or antagonists of the adhesion receptor VLA-4 belonging to the integrins group. They are generally suitable for the therapy or prophylaxis of illnesses which are caused by an undesired extent of leucocyte adhesion and/or leucocyte migration or are associated therewith, or in which cell-cell or cell-matrix interactions which are based on interactions of VLA-4 receptors with their ligands play a part. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use in the therapy and prophylaxis of the disease states mentioned and pharmaceutical preparations which contain the compounds of the formula I.