| abstract |
The present invention relates to new benzimidazole compounds with general structure (I): in which Y-X is >C = X when X is NR8, O, or S and R2 is H, alkyl, substituted alkylaryl or substituted aryl; or Y-X is >C-X when X is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, OR9 or NHR9 and R2 is a bond to Y; Z = O, S or NR12; R1 is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl; R3 is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl, OR9 or NHR9; R4, R5, R6, R7 are H, halogen, OR10, NR10, R11, NO2, CF3, CN, COR8, COOR8, CONHR8 and/or N3 in any combination and/or two adjacent R4, R5, R6 or R7 form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 are H, alkyl, substituted alkylaryl, aryl and/or substituted aryl in any combination. These compounds are useful as a human Growth Hormone (hGH) mimetic, which trigger GH agonist effects in animals and especially as an orally availabel human Growth Hormone (hGH). |