A sulfamato hydroxamic acid compound that, inter alia, inhibits matrix metalloprotease (mmp) activity is disclosed as are a process for preparing the same, intermediate compounds useful in those syntheses, and a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfamato hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.
The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1)
wherein the groups R1 to R4, Qa, Qb, QH, L and n are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, pharmaceutical preparations which contain such compounds and their use as medicaments.