p-Aminophenols, derivatives thereof and use for manufacture of a medicament

摘要

p-Aminophenols are provided having the structure CHEM wherein m is 0 to 5; X is CH or N; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and are H, lower alkyl, aryl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyleneoxy, alkylthio, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy, aryloxy, halo, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or amido; R3 is H, lower alkyl, alkanoyl or aroyl; and R4 is H, lower alkyl or alkanoyl, and including acid-addition salts thereof, with the proviso that when X is CH, m is 0 and R1 is H, and when R4 is H, R2 is other than alkoxy, H or hydroxy, and when R4 is benzoyl, R2 is other than H. These compounds together with the compounds defined in the above proviso are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene production and as such as useful as antiallergy, anti-inflammatory and anti-psoriatic agents.