Anti-allergic esters, acetal ethers, thioethers and nitrogen substituted derivatives of bicyclic compounds

Claim 1

A compound having the structural formula Ia or Ib ##STR15## a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, wherein: W and X may be the same or different and each independently 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 independently represents 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 the alkyl portion thereof, and --R 7 --CO 2 R 0 wherein R 7 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 at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is 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 or R 2 can be aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms which can be substituted with one to three substituents Y as defined below; in further addition, any two of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 can be joined together to represent a moiety when taken together with the N to which they are attached respresents a ring which contains from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, said ring optionally containing in addition a --O--, --S-- and/or --NR 4 -- wherein R 4 is as defined above, and optionally containing a carbon-carbon double bond, and said ring optionally being substituted with one to three additional substituents R 8 which substituents may be the same or different and are each independtly selected from OH with the proviso that OH is not on a carbon already joined to a hetero atom, --O--acyl having from 1 to 6 carbon 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, --COOR 9 wherein R 9 represents H, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms, or any two R 8 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 when taken together with the N to which they are attached a polycyclic hydrocarbon ring, which polycyclic ring can optionally be substituted by one to three substituent groups R 8 as defined above; R 6 represents --CO--R 10 , --CS--OR 17 , --CS--NR 15 R 16 , --C(R 11 ) 2 -- OR 12 , --C(R 11 ) 2 --SR 12 or --C(R 11 ) 2 --NR 12 R 13 ; R 10 represents aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms, --R 14 , aromatic heterocyclic having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and at least one O, S and/or N in the ring structure, --OR 14 or --NR 15 R 16 ; each R 11 represents H, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, --CCl 3 , --COOR 9 or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms; R 12 represents --R 14 , --CO--R 13 or --CS--R 17 ; R 13 represents H, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms; R 14 represents alkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R 15 and R 16 each independently represents H, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms, or R 15 and R 16 taken together represent a divalent polymethylene group of from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, said polymethylene group being optionally substituted with a carboxy group or alkyl ester thereof; R 17 represents --R 14 or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms; m is an integer of from 0 to 3; n is an integer of from 0 to 2; Q represents aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms or an aromatic heterocyclic group having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and at least one O, S and/or N in the ring structure, which aromatic heterocyclic group can optionally be substituted with from 1 to 3 substituents Y as defined below; each Y substituent is independently 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 18 wherein R 18 represents alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is as defined above, --SO 2 NH 2 , --CO--R 19 wherein R 19 represents OH, --NH-- R 18 or --O--R 18 , where R 18 is as defined above, --O--B--COR 19 wherein B represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R 19 is as defined above, --NH 2 , --NHCHO, --NH--CO--R 19 wherein R 19 is as defind above, with the proviso that it is not hydroxy, --NH--COCF 3 , --NH--SO 2 R 18 wherein R 18 is as defined above, or --NHSO 2 CF 3 , and A is a pharmaceutically acceptable counterion.