| abstract |
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates and crystalline forms thereof, in which R 1 and R 2 independently represent: a C 1-6 alkyl group; an optionally substituted (amino)C 1-4 alkyl-group; an optionally substituted non-aromatic C 3-15 carbocyclic group; a (C 3-12 cycloalkyl)C 1-3 alkyl-group; a group —(CH 2 ) r (phenyl) s in which r is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, s is 1 when r is 0 otherwise s is 1 or 2 and the phenyl groups are optionally independently substituted by Z; naphthyl; anthracenyl; an optionally substituted saturated 5 to 8 membered heterocyclic group containing one nitrogen and optionally one of the following: oxygen, sulphur or an additional nitrogen; 1-adamantylmethyl; a group —(CH 2 ) t Het in which t is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and the alkylene chain is optionally substituted and Het represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocycle; or R 1 represents H and R 2 is as defined above; or R 1 and R 2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached represent a saturated optionally substituted 5 to 8 membered heterocyclic group as defined above; X is CO or SO 2 ; Y is absent or represents NH optionally substitututed by a C 1-3 alkyl group; R 3 and R 4 independently represent phenyl, thienyl or pyridyl substituted by Z; Z represents a C 1-3 alkyl group, a C 1-3 alkoxy group, hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethylthio, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylsulphonyl, nitro, amino, mono or di C 1-3 alkylamino, mono or di C 1-3 alkylamido, C 1-3 alkylsulphonyl, C 1-3 alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, cyano, carbamoyl, mono or di C 1-3 alkyl carbamoyl, sulphamoyl and acetyl; and R 5 is H, a C 1-3 alkyl group, a C 1-3 alkoxymethyl group, trifluoromethyl, a hydroxyC 1-3 alkyl group, C 1-3 alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, cyano, carbamoyl, mono or di C 1-3 alkylcarbamoyl, acetyl, or hydrazinocarbonyl of formula —CONHNR a R b ; with the provisos; and processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric and neurological disorders, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. |