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• the present invention relates to l,2,4,5-tetrahydro-benzo[d]azepine- pyrazine and triazine derivatives and l,2,4,5-tetrahydro-thieno[d]azepine- pyrazine and triazine derivatives of the general formula
• n 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
• n 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5;
• R signifies hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkenyl, independently from each other, if more than one R is present;
• the dotted line may be a bond
• R 3 , R 4 signify independently from each other hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or halogen with the proviso, that if Y represents a vinylene group, only one group R 3 and one group R 4 maybe present in the entire benzene ring;
• the transmission of stimuli takes place by the interaction of a neurotransmitter, which is sent out by a neuron, with a neurorecep or.
• L-glutamic acid the most commonly occurring neurotransmitter in the CNS, plays a critical role in a large number of physiological processes.
• the glutamate-dependent stimulus receptors are divided into two main groups.
• the first main group forms ligand- controlled ion channels.
• the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) belong to the second main group and, furthermore, belong to the family of G-protein-coupled receptors.
• these eight receptors can be sub-divided into three sub-groups:
• mGluRl and mGluR5 belong to group I
• mGluR2 and mGluR3 belong to group II
• mGluR4 mGluR ⁇ , mGluR7 and mGluR ⁇ belong to group III.
• Ligands of metabotropic glutamate receptors belonging to the first group can be used for the treatment or prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders such as epilepsy, stroke, chronic and acute pain, psychosis, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders and memory deficits.
• acute and/or chronic neurological disorders such as epilepsy, stroke, chronic and acute pain, psychosis, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders and memory deficits.
• treatable indications in this connection are restricted brain function caused by bypass operations or transplants, poor blood supply to the brain, spinal cord injuries, head injuries, hypoxia caused by pregnancy, cardiac arrest and hypoglycaemia.
• Further treatable indications are Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), dementia caused by AIDS, eye injuries, retinopathy, idiopathic parkinsonism or parkinsonism caused by medicaments as well as conditions which lead to glutamate-deficiency functions, such as e.g. muscle spasms, convulsions, migraine, urinary incontinence, nicotine addiction, opiate addiction, anxiety, vomiting, dyskinesia and depression.
• ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• dementia caused by AIDS
• eye injuries eye injuries
• retinopathy idiopathic parkinsonism or parkinsonism caused by medicaments
• glutamate-deficiency functions such as e.g. muscle spasms, convulsions, migraine,
• Objects of the present invention are compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use as pharmaceutically active substances.
• Methods for the preparation of the above mentioned substances and medicaments based on compounds in accordance with the invention and their production are also objects of the present invention as well as the use of the compounds in accordance with the invention in the control or prevention of illnesses of the aforementioned kind, and, respectively, for the production of corresponding medicaments.
• n 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
• n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5;
• R signifies hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkenyl, independently from each other, if more than one R is present;
• the dotted line may be a bond
• Preferred compounds of formula I-A within the scope of the present invention are those, in which
• R 2 is -NR 2) -NH-NR 2 , -N(R)(CHR) m+1 OR ; -N(R)(CHR) m -pyridino, -N(R)(CHR) n -(C 3 -C 6 )cycloalkyl, -N(R)(CHR) m (CR 2 )-NR 2 , or -N(R)(CHR) m+1 -NH-C(O)-O-lower alkyl.
• R 2 signifies -N(R)(CHR) m+1 -OR, -N(R)(CHR) m - ⁇ yridino or -N(R)(CHR) n -(C 3 -C 6 )- cycloalkyl.
• 6-Ethyl-5-methyl-3-(l,2,4,5-tetrahydro-benzo[d]azepin-3-yl)-pyrazine-2- carbonitrile is an example of such a compound.
• An example of such a compound is 5-methyl-6-phenyl-3-(l,2,4,5-tetrahydro- benzo[d]azepin-3-yl)-pyrazine-2-carbonitrile.
• lower alkyl used in the present description denotes straight- chain or branched saturated hydrocarbon residues with 1-7 carbon atoms, preferably with 1-4 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl and the like.
• lower alkenyl used in the present description denotes straight- chain or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon residues with 2-7 carbon atoms, preferably with 2-4 carbon atoms.
• lower alkoxy denotes a lower alkyl group as defined above linked to an oxygen group. Preferred alkoxy groups are methoxy or ethoxy.
• cycloalkyl denotes a saturated carbocyclic group containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, preferred are cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl.
• halogen embraces fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.
• phenyl substituted in meta or para position with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or halogen means the homocyclic six membered aromatic ring which maybe substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or halogen in the para and/or meta positions, relative to the ring carbon that is attached to one of the carbons of the pyrazine ring of the compounds of formula I.
• R 21 signifies -OR, -O(CHR) m+ OR, -NR 2 , -NH-NR 2) -N(R)(CHR) m+ ⁇ -OR, -N(R)(CHR) m -pyridino, -N(R)(CHR) n -(C 3 -C 6 )cycloalkyl, -N(R)(CHR) m (CR 2 )-NR 2 , or -N(R)(CHR) m+1 -NH-C(O)-O-lower alkyl as defined before,
• R 22 signifies alkyl
• 3-Methylsulfanyl-5-(l,2,4,5-tetrahydro-benzo- or thieno-azepin-3-yl)- [l,2,4]triazine-6-carbonitriles are prepared by reaction of 3-(methylthio)-5-chloro-6- cyano-l,2,4-triazine (J.J.Huang, /. Org. Chem. 1985, 50, 2293-2298) with tetrahydro- benzo- or thieno-azepine compounds III, e.g. 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-lH-benzo[d]azepine hydrochloride (/. Heterocycl. Chem.
• Substitution of the Me-S-group in compound 1-2 by optionally substituted N- nucleophiles can be performed in water, ethanol, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, preferentially in dioxane at elevated temperatures, preferentially 100 °C to 160 °C.
• Substitution of the Me-S-group in compound 1-2 by optionally substituted O- nucleophiles can be performed in an inert solvent as ethers, like 1,2-dimethoxyethane or dioxane at temperatures between room temperature and 120 °C after transformation of the corresponding alcohol into an alcoholate using a base like sodium hydride or potassium hydride.
• the functionalization of the O- and N-nucleophiles can also serve as a protective function.
• modifications at the other part of the R 21 -substituent are allowed, e.g. removal of a N-protecting group, like the tert-butoxycarbonyl group, by methods well documented in the literature.
• Compounds of general formula I-l can also be prepared by oxidation of the thioether 1-2 to the corresponding sulfon according to known oxidative methods, e.g. by 3- chloroperbenzoic acid in dichloromethane, followed by treatment with thiolates, alcoholates, amines or aqueous base, e.g. like sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogencarbonate, thus yielding the group R 21 .
• the intermediate II- 1 can be synthesized in analogy to the procedure as described in J.Org.Chem. 1972, 37 (24), 3958-3960, starting with the condensation of the corresponding amidrazones IV and methyl or ethyl oxomalonate V, followed by ammonolysis of the ester VI, and, finally, dehydration of the amide Nil and substitution of the hydroxy group by chlorine (scheme 1).
• 3-Chloro-pyrazine-2-carbonitriles II-3a and II-3b react either separately or as a mixture with tetrahydro-benzo- or thieno-azepine compounds III or their hydrochlorides in solvents like N,N-dimethylformamide, acetonitrile, acetone or dimethylsulfoxide in the presence of a base like potassium carbonate or a tertiary amine as diisopropyl-ethylamine at temperatures between room temperature and 80 °C to form the desired 3-(tetrahydro- benzo- or thieno-azepine-3-yl)-pyrazine-2-carbonitriles I-5a and I-5b, which can be separated by known methods such as chromatography or crystallization.
• bromopyrazine derivatives of formula II-4 are prepared by reacting O-tosylisonitrosomalononitrile XI with morpholino-enamines of formula XII with R u signifying lower alkyl or lower alkenyl, in the presence of a base like pyridine, triethylamine or diisopropyl-ethylamine in aprotic solvents like ether, tetraydrofuran or N,N-dimethylformamide at temperatures between -20 °C and 60 °C to obtain (morpholino-alkenylimino)malononitriles XIII (Helv. Chim.
• Bromo-pyrazines II-4 react with tetrahydro-benzo or thieno-azepine compounds III or their hydrochlorides in solvents like N,N-dimethylformamide, acetonitrile, acetone or dimethylsulfoxide in the presence of a base like potassium carbonate or a tertiary amine like diisopropyl-ethylamine at temperatures between room temperature and 80 °C to form the desired 3- (tetrahydro-benzo- or thieno-azepine-3-yl)-pyrazine-2-carbonitriles 1-6.
• 3-(Tetrahydro-benzo- or thieno-azepine-3-yl)-pyrazine-2-carbonitriles of formula 1-7 can be prepared according to scheme 4.
• the 3-bromo-5-chloro-2-cyano- pyrazine II-5 reacts with one equivalent of a primary or secondary amine to two products, in which either the chloro-atom or the bro mo-atom is replaced in the amine moiety. If the reaction is performed with a primary amine R NH 2 in a solvent like dioxane or tetrahydrofuran in the presence of a base like triethylamine or diisopropylethylamine, preferentially at room temperature, then compound II-6 with replaced chloro-atom can be obtained with reasonable selectivity.
• tetrahydro-benzo- or thieno-azepine compounds III or their hydrochlorides can then be reacted with II-6 in solvents like N,N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, acetonitrile, acetone or dimethylsulfoxide and in the presence of a base like potassium carbonate or a tertiary amine like diisopropyl-ethylamine at temperatures between room temperature and 80 °C giving compounds 1-7.
• Precursor acid chlorides XN bearing preferentially a tosyloxy protective function at the secondary nitrogen atom are cyclized in an inert solvent like 1,2-dichloroethane, dichloromethane or nitrobenzene in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst like aluminium trichloride, tin tetrachloride or phosphorous pentachloride at temperatures between -40 °C and 80 °C to yield the protected ketones XNI.
• a Lewis acid catalyst like aluminium trichloride, tin tetrachloride or phosphorous pentachloride at temperatures between -40 °C and 80 °C to yield the protected ketones XNI.
• Hydroxy thieno[2,3-d]azepines XNII can be obtained by simultaneous reduction of the ketone function and removal of the ⁇ -tosyl protective function by treatment with sodium bis(methoxyethoxy)aluminium-hydride in toluene at reflux.
• the hydroxy thieno[2,3-d]azepines XNII can be further reduced to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-thieno[2,3-d]azepines XNIII with stannous chloride in acetic acid in the presence of hydrochloric acid at temperatures between room temperature and 100 °C.
• the pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be manufactured readily according to methods known per se and taking into consideration the nature of the compound to be converted into a salt.
• Inorganic or organic acids such as, for example, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid or citric acid, formic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, acetic acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, methanesulphonic acid, p-toluenesulphonic acid and the like are suitable for the formation of pharmaceutically acceptable salts of basic compounds of formula I.
• Compounds which contain the alkali metals or alkaline earth metals, for example sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium or the like, basic amines or basic amino acids are suitable for the formation or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of acidic compounds of formula I.
• the compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are, as already mentioned above, metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases which are mediated by metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists.
• the compounds of formula I can be used for the treatment or prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders, such as epilepsy, stroke, chronic and acute pain, psychosis, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders, memory deficits and psychosis.
• Other treatable indications are restricted brain function caused by bypass operations or transplants, poor blood supply to the brain, spinal cord injuries, head injuries, hypoxia caused by pregnancy, cardiac arrest and hypoglycaemia.
• Further treatable indications are Huntington's chorea, ALS, dementia caused by AIDS, eye injuries, retinopathy, idiopathic parkinsonism or parkinsonism caused by medicaments as well as conditions which lead to glutamate-deficient functions, such as e.g. muscle spasms, convulsions, migraine, urinary incontinence, nicotine addiction, psychoses, opiate addiction, anxiety, vomiting, dyskinesia and depression.
• the compounds are especially useful for the treatment of pain and migraine.
• the compounds of the present invention are group I mGluR antagonists. Their pharmacological activity was tested using the following method:
• The.preferred compounds have an IC 50 range of 0.001 - 10.0 ⁇ mol/1 (B-IC 50 ).
• the compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be used as medicaments, e.g. in the form of pharmaceutical preparations.
• the pharmaceutical preparations can be administered orally, e.g. in the form of tablets, coated tablets, dragees, hard and soft gelatine capsules, solutions, emulsions or suspensions.
• the administration can also be effected rectally, e.g. in the form of suppositories, or parenterally, e.g. in the form of injection solutions.
• the compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be processed with pharmaceutically inert, inorganic or organic carriers for the production of pharmaceutical preparations.
• Lactose, corn starch or derivatives thereof, talc, stearic acid or its salts and the like can be used, for example, as such carriers for tablets, coated tablets, drag ⁇ es and hard gelatine capsules.
• Suitable carriers for soft gelatine capsules are, for example, vegetable oils, waxes, fats, semi-solid and liquid polyols and the like; depending on the nature of the active substance no carriers are, however, usually required in the case of soft gelatine capsules.
• Suitable carriers for the production of solutions and syrups are, for example, water, polyols, sucrose, invert sugar, glucose and the like.
• Adjuvants such as alcohols, polyols, glycerol, vegetable oils and the like, can be used for aqueous injection solutions of water-soluble salts of compounds of formula I, but as a rule are not necessary.
• Suitable carriers for suppositories are, for example, natural or hardened oils, waxes, fats, semi-liquid or liquid polyols and the like.
• the pharmaceutical preparations can contain preservatives, solubilizers, stabilizers, wetting agents, emulsifiers, sweeteners, colorants, flavorants, salts for varying the osmotic pressure, buffers, masking agents or antioxidants. They can also contain still other therapeutically valuable substances.
• medicaments containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a therapeutically inert excipient are also an object of the present invention, as is a process for the production of such medicaments which comprises bringing one or more compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and, if desired, one or more other therapeutically valuable substances into a galenical dosage form together with one or more therapeutically inert carriers.
• the dosage can vary within wide limits and will, of course, be fitted to the individual requirements .in each particular case.
• the effective dosage for oral or parenteral administration is between 0.01-20 mg/kg/day, with a dosage of 0.1-10 mg/ kg/ day being preferred for all of the indications described.
• the active ingredient having a suitable particle size, the crystalline lactose and the microcrystalline cellulose are homogeneously mixed with one another, sieved and thereafter talc and magnesium stearate are admixed.
• the final mixture is filled into hard gelatine capsules of suitable size.

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