US 7,576,212 B2
Thieno[2,3-B] pyridines as potassium channel inhibitors
John Ford, Huntingdon (United Kingdom); Nicholas John Palmer, Cambridge (United Kingdom); John Frederick Atherall, Essex (United Kingdom); David John Madge, Cambridgeshire (United Kingdom); and Derek John, Cambridgeshire (United Kingdom)
Assigned to Xention Limited, Pampisford, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Filed on Dec. 09, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/297,330.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/634271, filed on Dec. 09, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0183768 A1, Aug. 17, 2006
Int. Cl. C07D 513/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 546—114 10 Claims
 
1. A compound of the formula:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein
R1 is optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, or optionally substituted cycloalkyl;
R2 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, nitro, CO2R7, CONR5R6 or halo;
R3 and R4 are H, NR5R6, NC(O)R7, halo, trifluoromethyl, optionally substituted alkyl, CONR5R6, CO2R7, cyano or optionally substituted alkoxy;
R5 and R6 may be the same or different and may be H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or optionally substituted cycloalkyl; or R5 and R6 may together form a saturated, unsaturated or partially saturated 4 to 7 member ring, wherein said ring may optionally comprise one or more further heteroatoms selected from N, O or S;
R7 is H or optionally substituted alkyl;
A is halo, or a group of formula X-L-Y;
X is O, S or NR8;
R8 is H or optionally substituted alkyl;
L is (CH2)n, where n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; and
Y is optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl or optionally substituted cycloalkyl;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.