US 7,459,479 B2
Benzylated PDE4 inhibitors
Ronald W. Lauener, New Westminster (Canada); David L. Burgoyne, Delta (Canada); Patrick J. Rebstein, Vancouver (Canada); Lloyd F. Mackenzie, Surrey (Canada); Yuanlin Zhou, Richmond (Canada); and Yaping Shen, Port Coquitlam (Canada)
Assigned to Biolipox AB, Solna (Sweden)
Filed on Mar. 08, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/683,534.
Application 10/391685 is a division of application No. 09/810085, filed on Mar. 16, 2001, granted, now 6,555,572.
Application 11/683534 is a continuation of application No. 10/391685, filed on Mar. 18, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/190337, filed on Mar. 16, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2007/0208181 A1, Sep. 06, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 31/38 (2006.01); C07D 207/12 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 514—445  [548/543] 1 Claim
 
1. A compound having the following formula:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein:
Bzl is a benzyl group of the formula

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein each of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is carbon, with the proviso that the ring is aromatic; and
n is 5 and R1 at each occurrence is independently selected from halogen, nitro, R2, and OR2 wherein and R2 at each occurrence is independently selected from H, C1-C8alkyl, alkoxyalkyl having 3-7 carbons in the alkoxy portion and 2-4 carbons in the alkyl portion, phenoxyalkyl having 2-6 carbons in the alkyl portion, C3-C7cycloalkyl, C6-C9polycycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, carboxylate, alkylcarboxylate, carboxyl, alkyl carboxyl, amide, alkylamide, phenyl, phenylalkyl having 1-8 carbons in the alkyl portion, phenylaminoalkyl having 2-6 carbons in the alkyl portion and the amino may be optionally substituted with C1-C4alkyl and indanyl; wherein the alkyl portion of an R2 group may be optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms, hydroxyl or C1-C8alkoxy; and the phenyl portion of an R2 group may be optionally substituted with C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkoxy or halogen.