BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVES USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF MUSCULAR DISORDERS AND PAIN AND FOR CONTROLLING SPASTICITY AND TREMORS
申请人:CANBEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
公开号:US20160304441A1
公开(公告)日:2016-10-20
The present invention relates to a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof : (I) wherein: n is 0 or 1; R1 is selected from H, alkyl and aralkyl, wherein said alkyl and aralkyl groups may be optionally substituted by one or more OH groups; X is a group selected from —C≡C—(CH
2
)
p
—; —C(R
5
)═C(R
6
)—(CH
2
)
q
—; and —C(R
5
)(R
6
)C(R
7
)(R
8
)—(CH
2
)r—; where each of R
5
, R
6
, R
7
and is independently II or alkyl, and each of p, q and r is independently 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; Y is a group selected from: CN; COOR
2
; CONR
3
R
4
; SO
2
NR
9
R
10
; NR
12
COR
13
; NR
14
SO
2
R
15
; and a heterocyclic group selected from oxadiazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxazolyl, iso-oxazolyl, pyrazolyl and imidazolyl; where each of R
2
, R
3
and R
4
is independently H or alkyl; or R
3
and R
4
are linked, together with the nitrogen to which they are attached, to form a 5 or 6-membered heterocycloalkyl or heterocycloalkenyl group, said heterocycloalkyl or heterocycloalkenyl group optionally containing one or more further groups selected from O, N, CO and S, and where each of R
9
, R
10
, R
11
, R
12
, R
13
, R
14
and R
15
is independently H or alkyl. Further aspects of the invention relate to the use of such compounds in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a muscular disorder, pain, or for controlling spasticity or tremors, for example, spasticity in MS.