Zwitterionic 1,8-naphthyridine and pyrazino[2,3-b]pyridine containing compounds useful as anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and cycloprotective agents

Claim 1

A compound having the structural formula I ##STR9## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: X represents --N═ and W represents --CH═ or --N═; Z 1 and Z 2 are the same or different and each independently represents --O-- or --S--; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are the same or different and each may be independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkynyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkoxy portion and from 2 to 6 atoms in the alkyl portion thereof, hydroxyalkyl having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, acyloxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the acyloxy portion and from 2 to 8 carbon atoms in teh alkyl portion thereof, and --R 6 --CO 2 R 0 wherein R 6 represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R 0 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the provisos that the OH of the hydroxyalkyl group and the acyloxy of the acyloxyalkyl group are not joined to the same carbon atom as another heteroatom and that, when R 1 , R 2 and/or R 3 are alkenyl or alkynyl, there is at least one carbon-carbon single bond between the nitrogen atom and the carbon-carbon double or triple bond; in addition, one of R 1 , R 2 or R 3 can be an aryl group which contains 6 to 15 atoms or an aromatic heterocyclic group which contains 4 to 14 carbon atoms, either of which can be substituted with one to three substituents Y asa defined below; in further addition, two of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 can be joined together to represent an imdazolyl ring or to represent a ring which can contain from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, said ring optionally containing a --O--, --S-- and/or --NR 4 -- heteroatomic group (wherein R 4 is as defined above ) and/or optionally containing a carbon-carbon double bond, and said ring optionally being substituted with one to three additional substituents R 7 which substituents may be the same or different and are each independently selected from OH with the proviso that OH is not on a carbon already joined to a hereto atom, --O-- acyl having from 1 to 6 atoms; hydroxyalkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in each alkyl portion thereof, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkynyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, or any two R 7 substituent groups may represent a hydrocarbon ring having from 4 to 8 total carbon atoms; in still further addition, all three of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 can be joined together to represent a polycyclic ring, which polycyclic ring can optionally be substituted by one to three substituents groups R 7 as defined above; m is an integer of from 0 to 3; n is an integer of from 0 to 2; Q represents an aryl or an aromatic heterocyclic group which can optionally be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents Y as defined below; each Y substituent is independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, halogen, NO 2 , alkoxy having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, cyano, cycloalkyl having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, alkenyloxy having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, alkynyloxy having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, --S(O) n --R 8 (wherein R 8 represents alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is as defined above ), --SO 2 NH 2 , --CO--R 9 (wherein R 9 represents OH, --NH--R 8 or --O--R 8 , where R 8 is as defined above), --O--B--COR 9 (wherein B represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R 9 is as defined above ), --NH 2 , --NHCHO, --NH--CO--R.sup. 9 (wherein R 9 is as defined above, with the proviso that it is not hydroxy), --NH--COCF 3 , --NH--SO 2 R 8 (wherein R 8 is as defined above ), and --NHSO 2 CF 3 .