Compounds useful as anti-inflammatory agents

US6608052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steffen Breitfelder · Aßmannshardt, DE
• Pier Francesco Cirillo · Woodbury, US
• John R. Regan · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D409/12
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are novel aromatic compounds of the formula(I) wherein G, E, W, Ar, X, Y and Z. The compounds are useful for treating diseases or pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing and processes of making such compounds.