C
2
-C
5
-Alkyl-substituted [imidazol-1-yl)-1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-ethyl]-phosphonic acids, as well as methods or processes for their manufacture, their use in the manufacture of pharmaceutical formulations, their use in the treatment of diseases, methods of using them in the treatment of diseases, pharmaceutical formulations encompassing them and/or the compounds for use in the treatment of diseases, are described. The compounds are able to inhibit excessive or inappropriate bone resorption and for the treatment of other diseases which are caused by excessive prenylation of target proteins, such as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. The compounds are of the formula I,
wherein one of R
1
and R
2
is hydrogen and the other is C
2
-C
5
-alkyl that is branched or unbranched, and can be in free form, in the form of an ester, and/or of a salt.
本文描述了C2-C5-烷基取代的[
咪唑-1-基)-1-羟基-1-
膦酸乙基]-
膦酸类化合物的制备方法或工艺,以及它们在制药配方制备中的应用,它们在疾病治疗中的应用,使用它们治疗疾病的方法,包括它们和/或化合物在治疗疾病中的制药配方。这些化合物能够抑制过度或不适当的骨吸收,并用于治疗其他由于靶蛋白过度前尾化引起的疾病,例如Hutchinson-Gilford老年综合症。这些化合物的
化学式为I,其中R1和R2中的一个是氢,另一个是C2-C5的烷基,可以是支链或直链,可以是自由形式,酯形式和/或盐形式。