US 7,589,113 B2
Substituted oxadiazole compounds and their use as opioid receptor ligands
Beatrix Merla, Aachen (Germany); Stefan Oberboersch, Aachen (Germany); Bernd Sundermann, Aachen (Germany); Werner Englberger, Stolberg (Germany); Hagen-Heinrich Hennies, Simmerath (Germany); and Heinz Graubaum, Erkner (Germany)
Assigned to Gruenenthal GmbH, Aachen (Germany)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/143,550.
Application 12/143550 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2006/012225, filed on Dec. 19, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 061 427 (DE), filed on Dec. 22, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2009/0005427 A1, Jan. 01, 2009
Int. Cl. A61K 31/4245 (2006.01); A61P 25/00 (2006.01); C07D 271/06 (2006.01); C07D 417/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 514—364  [548/131] 17 Claims
 
1. A substituted oxadiazole compound corresponding to formula I:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein
X denotes CH, CH2, CH═CH, CH2CH2, CH2CH═CH or CH2CH2CH2;
R1 denotes unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted aryl or heteroaryl; or an unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group linked via a C1-3 alkylene group;
R2 denotes unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted aryl or heteroaryl; or an unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted aryl group linked via a C1-3 alkylene chain; and
R3 and R4 independently denote H; or saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C1-6 alkyl; with the proviso that R3 and R4 are not simultaneously H; or
R3 and R4 together denote —CH2CH2OCH2CH2— or —(CH2)3-6—,
or a salt thereof with a physiologically acceptable acid.