| abstract |
Novel compounds of the general formula <IMAGE> wherein R1 is lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower alkyl carboxymethyl, aryl carboxymethyl, aryl, or aralkyl; A is a direct bond, lower alkylene, or lower alkenylene; x is 1 or 2, provided that when x is greater than 1, different occurrences of the <IMAGE> group may be the same or different; Ar is heterocyclic, unsubstituted aromatic or aromatic substituted with lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, acetamido, amino, nitro, lower alkylamino, hydroxy, lower hydroxyalkyl or cyano; W is alkylene containing from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms; and B is -NR2COR3, -NR2CONR3R4, -NR2SO2R3, -NR2SO2NR3R4, or -NR2COOR5, wherein R2, R3, R4 and R5 may be the same or different and may be hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyaryl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or aralkyl, except that R3 and R5 are not hydrogen when B is -NR2SO2R3 or -NR2COOR5, or R3 and R4 may together with N form a 5 to 7 membered heterocyclic group; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |