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Cycloalkyl-substituted aryl-piperazines, piperidines and tetrahydropyridines as serotonergic agents

US6518272B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2002
Grant dateFeb 11, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D319/20
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to compounds which have activity as 5-HT1A agonists and antagonists which may be useful for the treatment of anxiety, depression, cognitive deficits, and prostate cancer, having the formula wherein: X is a moiety selected from the group of: n is selected from the integers 1 through 5; R1 is optionally substituted aryl or mono or bicyclic heteroaryl, with a proviso that heteroaryl is not thiadiazole; R2 is H or alkyl; R3 is H, COR5, COOR5, and CONR5R6; R4 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, mono or bicyclic heteroaryl, aralkyl, and mono or bicyclic heteroaralkyl, wherein the aryl or heteroaryl groups are optionally substituted; R5 and R6 are H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, adamantyl, and noradamantyl or R5 and R6 taken together may form a 5-7 membered azacyclic ring, optionally containing an additional heteroatom selected from O, S, or NR4; when R5 or R6 are chosen from cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, the cyclic group may optionally be substituted at the 1-position with a C1-C3 alkyl group;or an optical isomer; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

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