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Definitions

• the invention relates to novel phenanth ⁇ dine-N-oxides, which are used in the pharmaceutical industry for the production of medicaments
• the invention thus relates to the N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I,
• R1 is hydroxyl, 1-4C-al oxy, 3-7C-cycloalkoxy, 3-7C-cycloalkylmethoxy or completely or predominantly fluorine-substituted 1-4C-alkoxy,
• R2 is hydroxyl, 1 -4C-alkoxy, 3-7C-cycloalkoxy, 3-7C-cycloalkylmethoxy or completely or predominantly fluorine-substituted 1-4C-alkoxy, or in which
• R1 and R2 together are a 1-2C-alkylened ⁇ oxy group
• R3 is hydrogen or 1-4C-alkyl
• R31 is hydrogen or 1-4C-alkyl, or in which R3 and R31 together are a 1-4C-alkylene group,
• R4 is hydrogen or 1-4C-alkyl
• R5 is hydrogen
• R51 is hydrogen, or in which
• R6 is an R7- and R8-subst ⁇ tuted phenyl radical, where
• R7 is hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, 1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkoxy, 1-4C-alkylcarbonyloxy, t ⁇ fluoromethyl, phenyl, phenyl-1 -4C-alkyl, nitro, ammo, completely or predominantly fluorine-substituted 1-4C- alkoxy, SO 2 -R70 or N(R71 )R72, where R70 ⁇ s 1 -4C-alkyl,
• R71 is hydrogen, 1-4C-alkyl, S0 2 -R9 or SO 2 -R10 and R72 is 1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkylcarbonyl or SO 2 -R10,
• R8 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, 1-4C-alkoxy or 1 -4C-alkyl and where
• R9 and R10 independently of one another are 1-4C-alkyl, phenyl, phenyl-1-4C-alkyl or phenyl which is substituted by one or more identical or different substituents, where the substituents are selected from the group consisting of nitro, 1-4C-alkyl, halogen, 1 -4C-alkylcarbonylam ⁇ no, 1-4C-alkoxy, completely or predominantly fluorine-substituted 1-4C-alkoxy, cyano, phenyl, naphthyl, t ⁇ fluoromethyl or 1 -4C-alkoxycarbonyl, and the salts of these N-oxides
• 1-4C-Alkyl represents a straight-chain or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms
• Examples which may be mentioned are the butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, propyl, isopropyl and preferably the ethyl and methyl radicals
• 1-4C-Alkoxy represents radicals which, in addition to the oxygen atom, contain a straight-chain or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms Examples which may be mentioned are the butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy and preferably the ethoxy and methoxy radicals
• 3-7C-Cycloalkoxy represents cyclopropyloxy, cyclobutyloxy, cyclopentyloxy, cyclohexyloxy and cyclo- heptyloxy, of which cyclopropyloxy, cyclobutyloxy and cyclopentyloxy are preferred
• 3-7C-Cycloalkyimethoxy represents cyclopropylmethoxy, cyclobutylmethoxy, cyclopentylmethoxy, cy- clohexylmethoxy and cycloheptylmethoxy, of which cyclopropylmethoxy, cyclobutylmethoxy and cyclopentylmethoxy are preferred
• fluorine-substituted 1-4C-alkoxy for example, the 2,2,3,3,3-penta- fluoropropoxy, the perfluoroethoxy, the 1 ,2,2-t ⁇ fluoroethoxy, in particular the 1 ,1 ,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy, the 2,2,2-t ⁇ fluoroethoxy, the t ⁇ fluoromethoxy and preferably the difluoromethoxy radicals may be mentioned "Predominantly" in this connection means that more than half of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by fluorine atoms
• 1-2C-Alkylened ⁇ oxy represents, for example, the methylenedioxy [-0-CH 2 -0-] and the ethylenedioxy [-0-CH 2 -CH 2 -0-] radicals
• R3 and R31 together have the meaning 1-4C-alkylene
• the positions 1 and 4 in the N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I are linked to one another by a 1 -4C-alkylene bridge, 1-4C-alkylene representing straight-chain or branched alkylene radicals having 1 to 4 carbon atoms
• 1-4C-alkylene representing straight-chain or branched alkylene radicals having 1 to 4 carbon atoms
• Examples which may be mentioned are the radicals methylene [-CH 2 -], ethylene [-CH 2 -CH 2 -], t ⁇ methylene [-CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -], 1 ,2-d ⁇ methylethylene [-CH(CH 3 )-CH(CH 3 )-] and isopropylidene [-C(CH 3 ) 2 -]
• Halogen within the meaning of the invention is bromine, chlorine or fluorine
• 1-4C-Alkylcarbonyloxy represents a carbonyloxy group to which one of the abovementioned 1 -4C-alkyl radicals is bonded
• An example which may be mentioned is the acetoxy radical [CH 3 C(0)-0-]
• Phenyl-1 -4C-alkyl represents one of the abovementioned 1 -4C-alkyl radicals which is substituted by a phenyl radical Examples which may be mentioned are the benzyl radical and the phenethyl radical
• 1-4C-Alkylcarbonyl represents a radical which, in addition to the carbonyl group, contains one of the abovementioned 1 -4C-alkyl radicals
• An example which may be mentioned is the acetyl radical
• 1-4C-Alkylcarbonylam ⁇ no represents an ammo radical which is substituted by one of the abovementioned 1-4C-alkylcarbonyl radicals
• An example which may be mentioned is the acetylamino radical [CH 3 C(0)-NH-]
• 1-4C-Alkoxycarbonyl represents a carbonyl group to which one of the abovementioned 1-4C-alkoxy radicals is bonded Examples which may be mentioned are the methoxycarbonyl radical [CH 3 0-C(0)-] and the ethoxycarbonyl radical [CH 3 CH 2 0-C(0)-]
• R7- and R8-subst ⁇ tuted phenyl radicals which may be mentioned are the radicals 4-acetam ⁇ dophenyl, 3-acetam ⁇ dophenyl, 4-acetoxyphenyl, 3-am ⁇ nophenyl, 4-am ⁇ nophenyl, 2-bromophenyl, 4-bromophenyl, 2-chlorophenyl, 3-chlorophenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 3-bromophenyl, 2,3-d ⁇ chlorophenyl, 2,4-d ⁇ chlorophenyl, 2-chloro-4-n ⁇ trophenyl, 4-d ⁇ ethylam ⁇ no-2-methylphenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 3-methoxyphenyl, 2-chloro-5-n ⁇ trophenyl, 4-chloro-3-n ⁇ trophenyl, 2,6-d ⁇ chlorophenyl, 3,5-d ⁇ chlorophenyl, 2,5-d ⁇ chlorophen
• Possible salts for the N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I - depending on substitution - are all acid addition salts or all salts with bases
• acids such as, for example, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, sulfu ⁇ c acid, acetic acid, citric acid, D-gluconic acid, benzoic acid, 2-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)benzo ⁇ c acid, butyric acid, sulfosalicylic acid, maleic acid, lauric acid, malic acid, fuma ⁇ c acid, succ ic acid, oxalic acid, tarta ⁇ c acid, embonic acid, stea ⁇ c acid, toluenesulfonic acid, methanesulfonic acid or 3-hydroxy-2-
• salts with bases are also suitable examples of salts with bases which may be mentioned are alkali metal (lithium, sodium, potassium) or calcium, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, ammonium, meglumine or guanidinium salts, where here too the bases are employed in salt preparation in an equimolar quantitative ratio or one differing therefrom
• Pharmacologically intolerable salts which can initially be obtained, for example, as process products in the preparation of the compounds according to the invention on an industrial scale are converted into pharmacologically tolerable salts by processes known to the person skilled in the art
• the N-oxides according to the invention and their salts when they are isolated, for example, in crystalline form, can contain various amounts of solvents
• the invention therefore also comprises all solvates and in particular all hydrates of the N-oxides according to the invention, and also all solvates and in particular all hydrates of the salts of the N-oxides according to the invention
• R1 is 1-2C-alkoxy, 3-5C-cycloalkoxy, 3-5C-cycloalkylmethoxy or completely or predominantly fluorine-substituted 1-2C-alkoxy,
• R2 is 1-2C-alkoxy, 3-5C-cycloalkoxy, 3-5C-cycloalkylmethoxy or completely or predominantly fluorine-substituted 1-2C-alkoxy,
• R3 is hydrogen
• R31 is hydrogen
• R4 is hydrogen or 1-2C-alkyl
• R5 is hydrogen, R51 is hydrogen, or in which
• R6 is an R7- and R8-subst ⁇ tuted phenyl radical, where
• R7 is hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, 1-4C-alkoxy, 1-4C-alkylcarbonyloxy, t ⁇ fluoromethyl, phenyl, phenyl-1-4C-alkyl, nitro, ammo, completely or predominantly fluorine-substituted 1-4C-alkoxy,
• R70 is 1-4C-alkyl
• R71 is hydrogen, 1-4C-alkyl, S0 2 -R9 or SO 2 -R10 and
• R72 is 1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkylcarbonyi or SO 2 -R10, R8 is hydrogen, halogen or 1 -4C-alkoxy and where R9 and R10 independently of one another are 1 -4C-alkyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by a substituent, where the substituent is selected from the group consisting of nitro, 1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkoxy, halogen, t ⁇ fluoromethyl or 1-4C-alkoxycarbonyl, and the salts of these N-oxides
• N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I particularly to be emphasized are those in which
• R1 is 1-2C-alkoxy
• R2 is 1-2C-alkoxy
• R3, R31 , R4, R5 and R51 are hydrogen
• R6 is an R7- and R8-subst ⁇ tuted phenyl radical, where
• R7 is hydroxyl, halogen, 1 -4C-alkoxy, 1-4C-aikylcarbonyloxy, phenyl, phenyl-1-4C-alkyl, nitro, ammo, SO 2 -R70 or N(R71 )R72, where R70 is 1 -4C-alkyl, R71 is hydrogen or SO 2 -R10 and R72 is 1 -4C-alkyl, 1 -4C-alkylcarbonyl or SO 2 -R10,
• R8 is hydrogen, halogen or 1-4C-alkoxy and where
• R10 is phenyl substituted by a substituent, where the substituent is selected from the group consisting of nitro, 1-4C-alkyl or 1-4C-alkoxycarbonyl, and the salts of these N-oxides
• Preferred N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I are those in which
• R1 is 1 -2C-alkoxy
• R2 is 1-2C-alkoxy
• R3, R31 , R4, R5 and R51 are hydrogen
• R6 is an R7- and R8-subst ⁇ tuted phenyl radical, where R70 is 1 -4C-alkyl, R8 is hydrogen and the salts of these N-oxides
• N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I are chiral compounds having chiral centers in positions 4a and 10b and, depending on the meaning of the substituents R3, R31 , R4, R5 and R51 , further chiral centers in the positions 1 , 2, 3 and 4
• the invention therefore comprises all conceivable pure diastereomers and pure enantiomers and their mixtures in any mixing ratio, including the racemates
• the N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I are preferred in which the hydrogen atoms in positions 4a and 10b are cis to one another
• the pure cis enantiomers are particularly preferred here
• the enantiomers can be separated in a manner known per se (for example by preparation and separation of appropriate diastereoisome ⁇ c compounds)
• an enantiomer separation is carried out at the stage of the starting compounds of the formula III
• enantiome ⁇ - cally pure starting compounds of the formula III can also be prepared via asymmetric syntheses
• the N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I can be prepared, for example, by the process described below in greater detail
• the process comprises subjecting compounds of the formula I,
• R1 , R2, R3, R31 , R4, R5, R51 and R6 have the meanings indicated above, to an N-oxidation and, if desired, then converting the N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I obtained into their salts, or, if desired, then converting salts of the N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I obtained into the free compounds
• N-oxidation is carried out in a manner familiar to the person skilled in the art, e g with the aid of hydrogen peroxide in methanol or with the aid of m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid in dichloromethane at room temperature
• the person skilled in the art will be familiar on the basis of his/her expert knowledge with the reaction conditions which are specifically necessary for carrying out the N-oxidation
• cyclocondensation is carried out in a manner known per se to the person skilled in the art, according to Bischler-Napieralski (e g as described in J Chem Soc , 1956, 4280-4282) in the presence of a suitable condensing agent, such as, for example, polyphospho ⁇ c acid, phosphorus pentachlo ⁇ de phosphorus pentoxide or preferably phosphorus oxychlo ⁇ de, in a suitable inert solvent, e g in a chlorinated hydrocarbon such as chloroform, or in a cyclic hydrocarbon such as toluene or xylene, or another inert solvent such as acetonit ⁇ le, or without further solvent using an excess of condensing agent, preferably at elevated temperature, in particular at the boiling temperature of the solvent or condensing agent used
• a suitable condensing agent such as, for example, polyphospho ⁇ c acid, phosphorus pentachlo ⁇ de phosphorus pentoxide or
• the compounds of the formula III can be prepared, for example, from compounds of the formula IV,
• the reduction can be carried out, for example, by catalytic hydrogenation, e g in the presence of Ra- ney nickel, in a lower alcohol such as methanol or ethanol at room temperature and under normal or elevated pressure
• a catalytic amount of an acid such as, for example, hydrochloric acid
• the reduction is carried out using metals such as zinc or iron with organic acids such as acetic acid or mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid
• the compounds of the formula III in which R1 , R2, R3, R31 and R4 have the meanings indicated above and R5 and R51 together represent an additional bond can be prepared from the corresponding compounds of the formula IV by selective reduction of the nitro group in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, for example in the presence of Raney nickel in a lower alcohol as solvent using hydra- zine hydrate as a hydrogen donor
• the compounds of the formula IV in which R1 , R2, R3, R31 and R4 have the meanings indicated above and R5 and R51 are hydrogen, are either known or can be prepared from corresponding compounds of the formula IV in which R5 and R51 together are an additional bond
• the reaction can be carried out in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, preferably by hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst, such as, for example, palladium on active carbon, e g as described in J Chem Soc (C), 1971 , 1805-1808
• the cycloaddition is in this case carried out in a manner known to the person skilled in the art according to Diels-Alder, e g as described in J Amer Chem Soc 1957, 79, 6559 or in J Org Chem 1952, 17, 581 or as described in the following examples
• Compounds of the formula IV obtained in the cycloaddition, in which the phenyl ring and the nitro group are trans to one another, can be converted in a manner known to the person skilled in the art into the corresponding cis compounds, e g as described in J Amer Chem Soc 1957, 79, 6559 or as described in the following examples
• the compounds of the formulae V and VI are either known or can be prepared in a known manner
• the compounds of the formula V can be prepared, for example, in a manner known to the person skilled in the art from corresponding compounds of the formula VII as described, for example, in J Chem Soc 1951 , 2524 or in J Org Chem 1944, 9, 170 or as described in the following examples
• R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated above, are either known or can be prepared in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, as described, for example, in Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 1925, 58, 203
• the isolation and purification of the substances according to the invention is carried out in a manner known per se, e g by distilling off the solvent in vacuo and recrystallizing the resulting residue from a suitable solvent or subjecting it to one of the customary purification methods, such as, for example, column chromatography on suitable support material
• Salts are obtained by dissolving the free compound in a suitable solvent (e g a ketone, such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone or methyl isobutyl ketone, an ether, such as diethyl ether, tetradhydrofuran or dioxane, a chlorinated hydrocarbon, such as methylene chloride or chloroform, or a low molecular weight aliphatic alcohol such as ethanol or isopropanol) which contains the desired acid or base, or to which the desired acid or base is then added
• a suitable solvent e g a ketone, such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone or methyl isobutyl ketone, an ether, such as diethyl ether, tetradhydrofuran or dioxane, a chlorinated hydrocarbon, such as methylene chloride or chloroform, or a low molecular weight aliphatic alcohol such
• m p stands for melting point, h for hour(s), RT for room temperature, EF for empirical formula, MW for molecular weight, calc for calculated, fnd for found
• N-oxide mentioned as example is a preferred subject of the invention
• N-oxides according to the invention have valuable pharmacological properties which make them commercially utilizable
• PDE selective cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase
• bronchial therapeutics for the treatment of airway obstructions on account of their dilating but also on account of their respiratory rate- or respiratory d ⁇ ve- increasing action
• erectile dysfunction on account of the vasodilat g action
• mediators such as histamme, PAF (platelet-activating factor), arachidonic acid derivatives such as leukot ⁇ enes and prostagland s, cytokmes, interleukms, chemokines, alpha
• the N-oxides according to the invention can be employed in human and veterinary medicine and therapeutics, where they can be used, for example, for the treatment and prophylaxis of the following illnesses acute and chronic (in particular inflammatory and allergen-induced) airway disorders of various origins (bronchitis, allergic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema, COPD), dermatoses (especially of proliferative, inflammatory and allergic type) such as, for example, psoriasis (vulga ⁇ s), toxic and allergic contact eczema, atopic eczema, seborrheic eczema, lichen simplex, sunburn, pruritus in the anogenital area, alopecia areata, hypertrophic scars, discoid lupus erythematosus, follicular and wide-area pyodermias, endogenous and exogenous acne,
• bronchitis acute and chronic (
• a further subject of the invention is a process for the treatment of mammals, including man, which are suffering from one of the abovementioned illnesses
• the process comprises administering to the sick mammal a therapeutically efficacious and pharmacologically tolerable amount of one or more of the N- oxides according to the invention
• the invention further relates to the N-oxides according to the invention for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of illnesses, in particular the illnesses mentioned
• the invention likewise relates to the use of the N-oxides according to the invention for the production of medicaments which are employed for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of the illnesses mentioned
• Medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of the illnesses mentioned which contain one or more of the N-oxides according to the invention, are furthermore a subject of the invention
• a further subject of the invention is a commercial product, consisting of a customary secondary pack, a primary pack containing the medicament (for example an ampoule or a blister pack) and, if desired, a pack insert, the medicament exhibiting antagonistic action against cyclic nu eotide phosphodiesterases of type 4 (PDE4) and leading to the attenuation of the symptoms of illnesses which are connected with cyclic nudeotide phosphodiesterases of type 4, and the suitability of the medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of illnesses which are connected with cyclic nudeotide phosphodiesterases of type 4 being indicated on the secondary pack and/or on the pack insert of the commercial product, and the medicament containing one or more N-oxides of the compounds of the formula I according to the invention
• the secondary pack, the primary pack containing the medicament and the pack insert otherwise comply with what would be regarded as standard to the person skilled in the art for medicaments
• the N-oxides according to the invention are either employed as such, or preferably in combination with suitable pharmaceutical excipients, e g in the form of tablets, coated tablets, capsules, suppositories, patches, emulsions, suspensions, gels or solutions, the active compound content advantageously being between 0 1 and 95%
• the N-oxides according to the invention are preferably also administered by inhalation in the form of an aerosol, the aerosol particles of solid, liquid or mixed composition preferably having a diameter of 0 5 to 10 ⁇ m, advantagously of 2 to 6 ⁇ m
• Aerosol generation can be carried out, for example, by pressure-driven jet atomizers or ultrasonic atomizers, but advantageously by propellant-d ⁇ ven metered aerosols or propellant-free administration of micronized active compounds from inhalation capsules
• the administration forms additionally contain the required excipients, such as, for example, propellants (e g F ⁇ gen in the case of metered aerosols), surface-active substances, emulsifiers, stabilizers, preservatives, flavorings, fillers (e g lactose in the case of powder inhalers) or, if appropriate, further active compounds
• propellants e g F ⁇ gen in the case of metered aerosols
• surface-active substances emulsifiers, stabilizers, preservatives, flavorings, fillers (e g lactose in the case of powder inhalers) or, if appropriate, further active compounds
• the N-oxides according to the invention are in particular used in the form of those medicaments which are suitable for topical application
• suitable pharmaceutical formulations which may be mentioned are, for example, powders, emulsions, suspensions, sprays, oils, ointments, fatty ointments, creams, pastes, gels or solutions
• the medicaments according to the invention are prepared by processes known per se Dosage of the active compounds takes place in the order of magnitude customary for PDE inhibitors
• topical application forms (such as, for example, ointments) for the treatment of dermatoses contain the active compounds in a concentration of, for example, 0 1-99%
• the dose for administration by inhalation is customarily between 0 1 and 3 mg per day
• the customary dose in the case of systemic therapy (p o or i v ) is between 0 03 and 3 mg per kilogram per day Biological investigations
• the activation of inflammatory cells has particular importance
• the FMLP N-formyl-meth ⁇ onyl-leucyl-phenylalan ⁇ ne
• su- peroxide production of neutrophilic granulocytes may be mentioned, which can be measured as lumi- nol-potentiated chemoluminescence [McPhail LC, Strum SL, Leone PA and Sozzani S, The neutrophil respiratory burst mechanism In "Immunology Series" 1992, 57, 47-76, ed Coffey RG (Marcel Decker, Inc New York-Basle-Hong Kong)]
• Substances which inhibit chemoluminescence and cytokine secretion and the secretion of inflammatory mediators on inflammatory cells are those which inhibit PDE4
• This isoenzyme of the phosphodi- esterase families is particularly represented in granulocytes Its inhibition leads to an increase in the mtracellular cyclic AMP concentration and thus to the inhibition of cell activation PDE4 inhibition by the substances according to the invention is thus a central indicator of the suppression of inflammatory processes (Giembycz MA, Can isoenzyme-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors render broncho- dilatory therapy redundant in the treatment of bronchial asthma?
• the activity test can be carried out, for example, according to the method of Bauer and Schwabe.
• the method is adapted to microtiter plates (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 1980, 31 1 , 193-198).
• the PDE reaction takes place in the first step here.
• the resulting 5'- nucleotide is cleaved by a 5'-nucloetidase of the snake venom of Crotalus atrox to the uncharged nu- cleoside.
• the nucleoside is separated from the remaining charged substrate on ion- exchange columns. The columns are eluted directly into minivials, into which 2 ml of scintillator fluid are additionally added for counting, using 2 ml of 30 mM ammonium formate (pH 6.0).

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