Sulfonamide compounds having 5-HT receptor activity

US6136825A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Knoll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Neil Wishart · Jefferson, US
• Alan Martin Birch · Nottingham, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D493/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which A is methylene or --O--; B is methylene or --O--; g is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; U is an alkylene chain optionally substituted by one or more alkyl; Q represents a divalent group containing nitrogen atoms; and T represents an aryl or heteroaryl group, have utility in the treatment of central nervous system disorders, for example depression, anxiety, psychoses (for example schizophrenia), tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, obesity, hypertension, Tourette's syndrome, dysfunction, drug addiction, drug abuse, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, senile dementia, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, panic attacks, social phobias, eating disorders and anorexia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, constipation, arrhythmia, disorders of the neuroendocrine system, stress and spasticity ##STR1##