申请人:Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
公开号:US05965743A1
公开(公告)日:1999-10-12
The present invention is to provide novel imidazole derivatives effectual as an antihyperlipemic agent and therapeutic and preventive drugs for arteriosclerosis, and to provide methods for manufacturing the said derivatives. More particularly, the present invention is directed to the compounds represented by the following general formula [I]; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, n is 0 or 1, X is N-r.sup.1 wherein r.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, O, S, SO, SO.sub.2, CH.sub.2, CH(CH.sub.3), CONH or C(r.sup.2).dbd.NO wherein r.sup.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, m is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 12, and A is methyl or a group represented by the following general formula; ##STR2## wherein Y is N-r.sup.3 wherein r.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, N(r.sup.4)SO.sub.2 wherein r.sup.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, O, S, SO, SO.sub.2, CH.sub.2, CH(CH.sub.3), CONH or C(r.sup.5).dbd.NO wherein r.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.2 is a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, a cycloalkyl or COOr.sup.6 wherein r.sup.6 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, and l is 0, 1, 2 or 3, however, m denotes an integer of from 6 to 9 when A is methyl, or m denotes 0 or an integer of from 1 to 6 when A is a group represented by the following general formula; ##STR3## and X and Y are each independently CH.sub.2 when m is 0, the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof and methods for manufacturing the said compounds and the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof.
本发明提供了作为抗高脂血症药物和动脉粥样硬化的治疗和预防药物的新型咪唑衍生物,并提供了制备所述衍生物的方法。更具体地,本发明涉及由以下一般式[I]表示的化合物;其中R.sup.1是氢或较低的烷基,n为0或1,X为N-r.sup.1,其中r.sup.1是氢或较低的烷基,O,S,SO,SO.sub.2,CH.sub.2,CH(CH.sub.3),CONH或C(r.sup.2).dbd.NO,其中r.sup.2是氢或较低的烷基,m为0或1到12的整数,A为甲基或由以下一般式表示的基团;其中Y为N-r.sup.3,其中r.sup.3是氢或较低的烷基,N(r.sup.4)SO.sub.2,其中r.sup.4是氢或较低的烷基,O,S,SO,SO.sub.2,CH.sub.2,CH(CH.sub.3),CONH或C(r.sup.5).dbd.NO,其中r.sup.5是氢或较低的烷基,R.sup.2是卤素,较低的烷基,较低的烷氧基,环烷基或COOr.sup.6,其中r.sup.6是氢或较低的烷基,l为0,1,2或3,但当A为甲基时,m表示6到9的整数,或当A为由以下一般式表示的基团时,m表示0或1到6的整数;其中X和Y在m为0时各自独立地为CH.sub.2,其药学上可接受的盐以及制备所述化合物及其药学上可接受的盐的方法。