| abstract |
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof n nwherein R is aryl or heteroaryl, each of which may be substituted by 1 to 4 groups selected from: n halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, halo C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, halo C1-C6 alkoxy, —C(O)R 5 , nitro, —NR 6 R 7 , cyano, and a group R 8 ; R 1 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, halo C1-C6 alkyl, halo C1-C6 alkoxy, halogen, NR 6 R 7 or cyano; R 2 is hydrogen, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, or a group R 9 ; R 3 is C3-C7 cycloalkyl, or a group R 9 ; or R 2 and R 3 together with N form a 5-14 membered heterocycle, which may be substituted by 1 to 3 R 10 groups; R 4 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, halogen or halo C1-C6 alkyl; R 5 is a C1-C4 alkyl, —OR 6 or —NR 6 R 7 ; R 6 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; R 7 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; R 8 is a 5-6 membered heterocycle, which may be saturated or may contain one to three double bonds, and which may be substituted by 1 or more R 11 groups; R 9 is a C1-C6 alkyl that may be substituted by one or more groups selected from: C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, haloC1-C6 alkoxy, hydroxy, haloC1-C6 alkyl; R 10 is a group R 8 , C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, halo C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, halo C1-C6 alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, C(O)NR 6 R 7 , phenyl which may be substituted by 1 to 4 R 11 groups; R 11 is C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, halo C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, halo C1-C6 alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, or C(O)NR 6 R 7 ; X is carbon or nitrogen; n is 1 or 2; to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of conditions mediated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). |