Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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An imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compound of the formula (I): ##STR45## wherein R 1 is a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, amino, a mono-lower alkylamino, a lower alkoxy and a halogen, R 2 and R 3 are, independently, a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) as above, a cyclo alkyl group or a phenyl group optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of amino, a mono- or di-lower alkylamino, a lower alkoxy and a halogen, or R 2 and R 3 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to which they bond may form a 4 to 7 membered heterocyclic ring having at least one nitrogen atom and optionally oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, amino, mono- or di-lower alkylamino, lower alkoxy and a halogen, X is an oxygen atom or S(O) n (n=0 to 2), Alk is a straight or branched chain alkylene group containing 1-10 carbon atoms and optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, amino, a halogen, phenyl, benzyl, a mono-lower alkylamino, a lower alkoxy or a heterocycle, provided that X should be an oxygen atom when R 1 is a hydrogen atom, one of R 2 and R 3 is a hydrogen and the remaining one is a hydrogen atom, one of R 2 and R 3 is a hydrogen and the remaining one is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group and Alk is a straight chain alkylene group containing 2-4 carbon atoms, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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An imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compound of the formula (I): ##STR45## wherein R 1 is a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, amino, a mono-lower alkylamino, a lower alkoxy and a halogen, R 2 and R 3 are, independently, a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) as above, a cyclo alkyl group or a phenyl group optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of amino, a mono- or di-lower alkylamino, a lower alkoxy and a halogen, or R 2 and R 3 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to which they bond may form a 4 to 7 membered heterocyclic ring having at least one nitrogen atom and optionally oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, amino, mono- or di-lower alkylamino, lower alkoxy and a halogen, X is an oxygen atom or S(O) n (n=0 to 2), Alk is a straight or branched chain alkylene group containing 1-10 carbon atoms and optionally having substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, amino, a halogen, phenyl, benzyl, a mono-lower alkylamino, a lower alkoxy or a heterocycle, provided that X should be an oxygen atom when R 1 is a hydrogen atom, one of R 2 and R 3 is a hydrogen and the remaining one is a hydrogen atom, one of R 2 and R 3 is a hydrogen and the remaining one is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group and Alk is a straight chain alkylene group containing 2-4 carbon atoms, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim, 1 in which R 1 is substituted at the 2 position of imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine ring and is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R 2 and R 3 are, independently, a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s), a cycloalkyl group or a phenyl group optionally having substituent(s) or R 2 and R 3 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to which they bond may form a heterocyclic ring optionally having substituent(s), X is an oxygen or sulfur atom and Alk is a straight chain alkylene group containing 1-6 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which (i) R 1 is a lower alkyl group substituted at the 3 position of an imidazo [1,2-b]pyridazine ring, or (ii) R 1 is a lower alkyl group having substituent(s) or a halogen atom, or (iii) X is SO or SO 2 , or (iv) Alk is a straight chain alkylene group containing 1-6 carbon atoms and having substituent(s), a straight chain alkylene group containing 7-10 carbon atoms and optionally having substituent(s) or a branched chain alkylene group containing 2-10 carbon atoms and optionally having substituent(s).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which R 1 is a hydrogen atom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which X is an oxygen atom.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which Alk is a branched chain alkylene group having 2-6 carbon atoms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which R 2 and R 3 are a hydrogen atom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which Alk is a branched chain alkylene group having 4 or 5 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 which is a compound of the formula: ##STR46## wherein Alk 1 is a straight or branched chain alkylene group containing 1-6 carbon atoms, or its salt.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 which is a compound of the formula: ##STR47## wherein Alk 2 is a branched chain alkylene group containing 2-6 carbon atoms and X 1 is an oxygen or sulfur atom, or its salt.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 which is a compound of the formula: ##STR48## wherein Alk 3 is a straight or branched chain alkylene group containing 3-5 carbon atoms, and X 1 is an oxygen or sulfur atom, or its salt.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which the lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) is an alkyl group containing 1-6 carbon atoms which is not substituted or substituted by hydroxy.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which the cycloalkyl group is a cycloalkyl group containing 3-6 carbon atoms.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which the phenyl group optionally having substituent(s) is a phenyl group which is not substituted or substituted by one to three of a halogen or a lower alkoxy.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 in which the heterocyclic ring is a 4 to 7 membered heterocyclic ring.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 which is 6-[(2,2-dimethyl-3-sulfamoylpropyl)oxy]imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine or its salt.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A compound of claim 1 which is 6-[(2, -methyl-3-sulfamoylpropyl)thio]imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine or its salt.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A method of treating asthma which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula (I'): ##STR49## wherein R 1 is a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) as defined in claim 1, R 2 and R 3 are, independently, a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) as defined in claim 1, a cycloalkyl group or a phenyl group optionally having substituent(s) as defined in claim 1 or R 2 and R 3 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to which they bond may form a 4 to 7 membered heterocyclic ring having at least one nitrogen atom and optionally oxygen and/or sulfur atoms and optionally having substituent(s) as defined in claim 1, X is an oxygen atom or S(O) n (n=0 to 2), Alk is a straight or branched chain alkylene group containing 1-10 carbon atoms and optionally having substituent(s) as defined in claim 1, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, optionally together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, to mammals.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A method of treating asthma according to claim 18, wherein the compound (I') is 6-(3-sulfamoylpropylthio) imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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An antiasthmatic composition which comprises an effective anti-asthmatic amount of a compound of the formula (I) claimed in claim 1 or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.