Abstract:
Compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapy, particularly for the treatment of a disorder mediated by CB1 receptors, such as obesity, wherein: R1 is aryl or heteroaryl; R2 is alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; R3 is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, NR9R10, OR15, or NR16C(O)R17; Y is C═O, C═S, SO2, or (CR7R8)p; m=1 or 2; n=1 or 2; and p=1, 2, 3 or 4, R7 to R17 being as defined in the specification; wherein if —Y—R3 is C(O)NH(alkyl) then: R1 and/or R2 is selected from heteroaryl; and/or m and/or n is 2; and/or R11 and/or R12 is lower alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
Abstract:
Compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapy, particularly for the treatment of a disorder mediated by CB1 receptors such as obesity: Formula (I) wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from aryl; and R3 is hydrogen or alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein at least one of R1 and R2 has a non-hydrogen substituent in the ortho-position(s) thereof relative to the point of attachment to the [—CH—O—] group.