abstract |
Certain 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide compounds having an acyl substituent at the 3-position, and also on the carboxamide nitrogen atom, are inhibitors of the cyclooxygenase (CO) and lipoxygenase (LO) enzymes, and are useful as analgesic agents and anti-inflammatory agents in mammalian subjects. Certain 2-oxindole compounds unsubstituted at the 1-position but having an acyl substituent at C-3 of the formula <IMAGE> and the base salts thereof, wherein X is hydrogen, 5-fluoro, 5-chloro or 5-trifluoromethyl; Y is hydrogen, 6-fluoro, 6-chloro or 6-trifluoromethyl; and R1 is benzyl, furyl, thienyl or thienylmethyl; provided that when X and Y are both hydrogen, R1 is not benzyl are useful as intermediates to the aforementioned analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents. |