申请人:Coesemans Erwin
公开号:US20090030039A1
公开(公告)日:2009-01-29
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I)
a N-oxide thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a stereochemically isomeric form thereof or a solvate thereof, wherein X represents N or CH; Y and Z each independently represent C(═O) or CH
2
provided that at least one of Y and Z represents C(═O); R
1
represents CH(R
4
)-aryl or CH(R
4
)-heteroaryl; R
2
represents aryl
2
or heteroaryl; R
3
represents hydrogen; C
1-4
alkylcarbonyl; C
1-6
alkyl optionally substituted with C
1-6
alkyloxy, C
1-6
alkylthio, C
1-6
alkyloxycarbonyl or aryl
1
; provided that when Y and Z each represent C(═O), X represents CH, R
3
represents hydrogen, R
4
represents hydrogen, and R
2
represents unsubstituted pyridyl or phenyl optionally substituted with one halo or with one C
1-4
alkyloxy or with one or two C
1-4
alkyl, then aryl in the definition of R
1
is other than phenyl substituted with one halo or with one or two C
1-4
alkyl; and
provided that when Y and Z each represent C(═O), X represents CH, R
3
represents hydrogen, and R
2
represents unsubstituted pyridyl or phenyl optionally substituted with one halo or with one C
1-4
alkyloxy or with one or two C
1-4
alkyl, then heteroaryl in the definition of R
1
is other than unsubstituted thienyl or unsubstituted pyridyl.
The present invention also relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating a disease mediated through activation of the CXCR3 receptor; to processes for preparing the compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.