Inventors:
Robert Carl Andrews - Durham NC
Peter Jonathan Brown - Chapel Hill NC
Rodolfo Cadilla - Durham NC
David Harold Drewry - Durham NC
Michael Joseph Luzzio - Durham NC
Brian Edward Marron - Durham NC
Stewart Alwyn Noble - Upper Saddle NJ
Assignee:
Glaxo Wellcome Inc. - Research Triangle Park NC
International Classification:
A61K 31445, C07D41302, A61P 906, A61P 1714
Abstract:
Oxazole compounds having formula (I) wherein R. sup. 1 and R. sup. 3 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, C. sub. 1-6 alkyl, C. sub. 1-6 alkoxy, C. sub. 1-6 alkoxyC. sub. 1-6 alkyl, phenyl or phenyl mono- or disubstituted with C. sub. 1-6 alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, C. sub. 1-6 alkoxy, aminosulfonyl, hydroxyC. sub. 1-6 alkyl, C. sub. 1-6 alkylsulfonylaminoC. sub. 1-6 alkyl or carbamylC. sub. 1-6 alkylaminosulfonyl; R. sup. 2 is selected from hydrogen, C. sub. 1-6 alkyl, hydroxyC. sub. 1-6 alkyl, C. sub. 1-6 alkoxy, C. sub. 1-6 alkoxyC. sub. 1-6 alkyl or (fluorinated C. sub. 1-6 alkyl)oxyC. sub. 1-6 alkyl; W is a C. sub. 1-6 alkylene chain or nitrogen; m is independently the integer 0 or 1; X is CH or nitrogen, provided that when W is nitrogen then X is CH; q is independently an integer selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, 3 or 4; or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition or base-addition salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. ##STR1##.