Aromatic heterocyclic compound as antiinflammatory agents

US6319921A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boerhinger Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Pier Francesco Cirillo · Woodbury, US
• Thomas A. Gilmore · Cambridge, US
• Eugene Richard Hickey · Danbury, US
• John R. Regan · Princeton, US
• Lin Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 20, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed are novel aromatic heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I) wherein Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2, L, Q and X are described herein. The compounds are useful in pharmaceutic compositions for treating diseases or pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are processes of making such compounds. ##STR1##