| abstract |
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I), wherein Ar is (a) phenyl, naphthyl and biphenyl, each optionally substituted with C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, C1-4 hydroxyalkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 haloalkoxy, C2-4 alkoxyalkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, hydroxy, halo, cyano, amino, C1-4 alkylamino, di (C2-8) alkylamino, C2-6 alkanoylamino, carboxy, C2-6 alkoxycarbonyl, or optionally substituted phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio or phenylsulfinyl or (b) furyl, benzo[b]furyl, thienyl, benzo[b]thienyl, pyridyl or quinolyl, each optionally substituted with C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, halo, C1-4 alkoxy, optionally-substituted phenyl, phenoxy or phenylthio, X is C1-C4 alkylene, C2-C4 alkenylene, -(CHR<1>)m-Q<1>-(CHR<2>)n-, -O-(CHR<1>)jQ<2>- and -(CHR<1>)-O-N = in which the N = moiety is attached to the cycloakene ring; and in which Q<1> is O, S, SO, SO2, NR<3>, CH = N-O or CO, Q<2> is O, S, SO, SO2 or NR<3>, and R<1>, R<2> and R<3> are each hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl, m and n are each an integer from 0 to 4 and j is an integer from 1 to 4; p is an integer of 1 or 2; Y is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C2-4 alkoxyalkyl, C1-4 alkylthio, hydroxy, halo, cyano or amino; Z is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; and M is hydrogen, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation or a pharmaceutically acceptable metabolically cleavable group. Further the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating a medical condition for which a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor is needed in a mammalian subject which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Preferably the medical condition is an inflammatory disease, allergy or cardiovascular diseases. |