| abstract |
There are disclosed compounds of the formula: <IMAGE> wherein R is phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl, quinolinyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, quinoxalinyl quinazolinyl or any of the foregoing substituted with halo, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, hydroxy, amino, mono- or diloweralkylamino, mercapto, lower alkylthio, lower alkylsulfonyl, cyano, nitro or trifluoromethyl; which, by virtue of their ability to inhibit interleukin 1, are of use as antiinflammatory agents and in treatment of disease states involving enzymatic tissue destruction. |