申请人:British Technology Group Limited
公开号:US05480894A1
公开(公告)日:1996-01-02
3-Hydroxypyridin-4-ones of formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is a methyl, ethyl, 2-(.alpha.-methylpropionyloxy)ethyl or 2-pivoloyloxyethyl group and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each separately selected from hydrogen and methyl, ethyl, 2-(.alpha.-methylpropionyloxy)ethyl and 2-pivaloyloxyethyl groups with the provisos that (a) one only of R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 is either a 2-(.alpha.-methylpropionyloxy)ethyl group or a 2-pivaloyloxyethyl group, (b) at least one of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is other than hydrogen and (c) the total number of carbon atoms in R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 is no more than eleven, and physiologically acceptable salts thereof are of use in therapy, particularly in the treatment of conditions in which there is a toxic concentration of a metal, for example iron, in the body.
化学式(I)中的3-羟基吡啶-4-酮,其中R.sub.1是甲基、乙基、2-(α-甲基丙酰氧基)乙基或2-戊酰氧基乙基基团,R.sub.2、R.sub.3和R.sub.4分别选择自氢和甲基、乙基、2-(α-甲基丙酰氧基)乙基和2-戊酰氧基乙基基团,但要注意的是(a)只有R.sub.1到R.sub.4中的一个是2-(α-甲基丙酰氧基)乙基基团或2-戊酰氧基乙基基团,(b)至少有一个R.sub.2和R.sub.3不是氢,(c)R.sub.1到R.sub.4中碳原子的总数不超过十一,以及其生理上可接受的盐在治疗中有用,特别是在治疗体内存在有毒金属浓度的疾病,例如铁中毒。