Catechol derivatives, process for their preparation and their use as medicines

摘要

Pharmacologically active catechol derivatives of formula I IMAGE I wherein R1 and R2 independently comprise hydrogen, alkyl, acyl, optionally substituted aroyl, lower alkylsulfonyl or alkylcabamoyl or taken together form a lower alkylidene or cycloalkylidene, X comprises an electronegative substituent such as halogen, nitro, cyano, lower alkylsulfonyl, sulfonamido, aldehyde, caboxyl or trifluoromethyl and R3 comprises hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy alkyl, amino, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, sulfonamide, aldehyde, alkyl carbonyl, aralkylidene carbonyl or carboxyl or a group selected from IMAGE wherein R4 comprises hydrogen, alkyl, cyano, carboxyl or acyl and R5 comprises hydrogen, cyano, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyalkenyl, nitro, acyl, optionally substituted aroyl or heteroaroyl, hydroxyalkyl or carboxyalkyl or R4 and R5 together form a five to seven membered substituted cycloalkanone ring; -(CO)n(CH2)m-COR wherein n is 0-1 and m is 0-7 and R comprises hydroxy, alkyl, carboxyalkyl, optionally substituted alkene, alkoxy or optionally substituted amino; IMAGE wherein R8 and R9 independently comprise hydrogen or one of the following optionally substituted groups; alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, or together form an optionally substituted piperidyl group; -NH-CO-R10 wherein R10 comprises a substituted alkyl group.