申请人:HOFFMANN LA ROCHE
公开号:WO2002004439A2
公开(公告)日:2002-01-17
This invention relates to new RAR selective retinoid agonists of formula (I) wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, benzyl or phenethyl; R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; X represents C(R2R3) and m is an integer 1,2 or 3; or X is oxygen, sulfur or NH and m is 1; R2, R3 are independently of each other hydrogen or lower alkyl; and pharmaceutically active salts of carboxylic acids of formula (I), and to the use of such retinoic acid receptor agonists, particularly retinoic acid receptor η (RARη) selective agonists for example for the treatment of emphysema and related pulmonary diseases.