Imidazopyridines

US6037349A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Mederski · Zwingenberg, DE
• Johannes Sombroek · Darmstadt, DE
• Pierre Schelling · Mühltal, DE
• Norbert Beier · Reinheim, DE
• Ingeborg Lues · Darmstadt, DE
• Klaus-Otto Minck · Ober-Ramstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2000
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D471/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Imidazopyridine derivatives ad pharmacologically acceptable salts having antagonistic properties towards angiotensin II can be used for the treatment of hypertension, aldosteronism and cardiac insufficiency.