| abstract |
The present invention is related to benzsulfonamide derivatives of formula I notably for use as pharmaceutically active compounds, as well as to pharmaceutical formulations containing such benzsulfonamide derivatives. Said benzsulfonamide derivatives are ef-ficient modulators of the JNK pathway, they are in particular efficient and selective in-hibitors of JNK 2 and 3. The present invention is furthermore related to novel benzsul-fonamide derivatives as well as to methods of their preparation (I). The compounds of formula I according to the present invention being suitable pharma-ceutical agents are those wherein Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group. X is O or S, preferably O.R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C6-alkyl group, preferably H.R2 is hydrogen, —COOR3, —CONR3R3′, OH, a C1-C4 alkyl substituted with an OH group, a hydrazido carbonyl group, a sulfate, a sulfonate, an amine or an ammonium salt; n is either 0 or 1, preferably 1. |