申请人:Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
公开号:US06255339B1
公开(公告)日:2001-07-03
Compounds represented by the following formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. The compounds have progesterone receptor binding inhibitory activity and, hence, can be used as therapeutic and prophylactic agents for progesterone-related diseases. Specifically, they are useful as abortifacients, oral contraceptive pills, carcinostatic agents for breast cancer and ovarian cancer, therapeutic agents for endometriosis, meningioma, and myeloma, and therapeutic and prophylactic agents for osteoporosis and climacteric disturbance.
wherein
R1 and R2 represent a hydroxyl group, alkyloxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, alkoxyalkyloxy, cycloalkyloxy containig one oxygen atom, aralkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, alkynylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyloxy, aryloxy carbonyloxy, aralkylcarbonyloxy, aromatic acyloxy, heteroaromatic acyloxy, saturated heterocyclic carbonyloxy, alkylsulfonyloxy, aromatic sulfonyloxy, alkylcarbamoyloxy, aromatic carbamoyloxy, alkylcarbonylamino, or aromatic acylamino, provided that R1 may further represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; and R3, R4, and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl or alkenyl.
以下式(I)表示的化合物及其可药用的盐被披露。这些化合物具有抑制孕酮受体结合的活性,因此可以用作治疗和预防与孕酮相关疾病的药物。特别是,它们可用作堕胎药、口服避孕药、用于乳腺癌和卵巢癌的抗癌剂、用于治疗子宫内膜异位症、脑膜瘤和多发性骨髓瘤的治疗剂,以及用于治疗骨质疏松症和更年期障碍的治疗和预防药物。
其中
R1和R2代表羟基、烷氧基、烯氧基、炔氧基、环烷氧基、烷氧基烷氧基、含有一个氧原子的环烷氧基、芳烷氧基、烷基碳酰氧基、烯基碳酰氧基、炔基碳酰氧基、环烷基碳酰氧基、烷氧基碳酰氧基、芳氧基碳酰氧基、芳烷基碳酰氧基、芳香酰氧基、杂芳酰氧基、饱和杂环碳酰氧基、烷基亚磺酰氧基、芳香亚磺酰氧基、烷基氨基甲酰氧基、芳香氨基甲酰氧基、烷基碳酰胺基或芳香酰氨基,条件是R1还可以进一步代表氢原子、烷基、烯基或炔基;R3、R4和R5各自独立地代表氢原子、烷基或烯基。