| abstract |
This invention provides a compound of the following formula: <CHEM> or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein A is C 1-6alkylene or -NR<1>-; Z is C(=L)R<2>, or SO2R<3>; U is CH or N; W and Y are independently selected from - CH2-, O, S and -N-R<1>; m is 1, 2 or 3; q and r are independently 0, 1 or 2; X is independently selected from halogen, C 1-4alkyl, halo-substituted C 1-4 alkyl, hydroxy, C 1-4alkoxy, halo-substituted C 1-4 alkoxy or the like; n is 1 or 2; L is oxygen or sulfur; R<1> is hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl; R<2> is hydroxy, C1-6alkyl, halo-substituted C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 alkoxy, halo-substitutued C 1-6 alkoxy, C 3-7 cycloalkoxy, C 1-4 alkyl(C 3-7 cycloalkoxy), -NR<4>R<5> or the like; R<3> is C 1-6 alkyl or halo-substituted C 1-6 alkyl; and R<4> and R<5> are independently selected from hydrogen, C 1-6alkyl and halo-substituted C 1-6alkyl. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition useful for the treatment of a medical condition in which prostaglandins are implicated as pathogens. |