The use of a compound comprising formula (I):
1
(I)
or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug therof in the inhibition of an enzyme whose preferred mode of action is to catalyse the hydrolysis of an ester functionality, e.g. in the control and inhibition of unwanted enzymes in products and processes. The compounds are also useful in medicine e.g. in the treatment of obesity and related conditions. The invention also relates to novel compounds within formula (I), to processes for preparing them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
In formula (I) A is a 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; and R
1
is a branched or unbranched alkyl (optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms), alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, reduced arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, reduced aryl, reduced heteroaryl, reduced heteroarylalkyl or a substituted derivative of any of the foregoing groups.
公式(I)中包含的化合物的使用:1(I)或其盐、酯、酰胺或前药,在抑制一种首选作用模式是催化酯功能
水解的酶中的应用,例如在产品和过程中控制和抑制不需要的酶。这些化合物还在医学中有用,例如在肥胖和相关疾病的治疗中。本发明还涉及在公式(I)内的新化合物,用于制备它们的方法以及含有它们的药物组合物。在公式(I)中,A是一个6元芳香或杂芳环;R1是支链或直链烷基(可由一个或多个氧原子中断),烯烃基,
炔烃基,环烷基,环烯烃基,芳基,芳基烷基,还原芳基烷基,芳基烯烃基,杂芳基,杂芳基烷基,杂芳基烯烃基,还原芳基,还原杂芳,还原杂芳烷基或上述任何一个基团的取代衍
生物。