Certain 4-aminomethyl-2-substituted imidazole derivatives and 2-aminomethyl-4-substituted imidazole derivatives: new classes of dopamine receptor subtype specific ligands
申请人:Neurogen Corporation, Corporation of the State of Delaware
公开号:US20030018025A1
公开(公告)日:2003-01-23
Disclosed are compounds of the formula:
1
wherein R
1
represents optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, or cycloalkyl groups; X, Z, and Y are optionally substituted nitrogen or carbon atoms; R
3
and R
4
are organic or inorganic substitutents which may togther form ring structutes; m is zero, one or two; and R
5
and R
6
are are organic or inorganic substituents;
and the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof,
which compounds are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at brain dopamine receptor subtypes or prodrugs thereof and are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders such as schizophrenia and depression as well as certain movement disorders such as Parkinsonism.
揭示了以下式的化合物:
其中R1代表可选择地取代的芳基、杂环芳基、芳基烷基或环烷基基团;X、Z和Y为可选择地取代的氮或碳原子;R3和R4为有机或无机取代基,可能共同形成环结构;m为零、一或二;R5和R6为有机或无机取代基;
以及其药学上可接受的盐,
这些化合物是高度选择性的部分激动剂或拮抗剂,作用于脑多巴胺受体亚型或其前药,并可用于诊断和治疗情感障碍,如精神分裂症和抑郁症,以及某些运动障碍,如帕金森病。