Claims
- 1. A method for the treatment of degenerative diseases which comprises administering to a patient in need of such treatment a medicament containing an effective proteolytic enzyme inhibiting amount of a compound having the formula: ##STR12## wherein: Ar is phenyl, naphthyl or anthryl or such groups substituted by from one to three, the same or different, members of the group consisting of lower-alkyl, perfluorolower-alkyl, perchlorolower-alkyl, lower-alkoxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, carboxy, OPO(lower-alkoxy).sub.2, amino, lower-alkylamino, dilower-alkylamino, lower-alkanoylamino, lower-alkoxycarbonyl, hydroxy, benzyloxy, carboxylower-alkoxy, --SO.sub.2 --N.dbd.B, --CO--N.dbd.B, -(alkylene)-N.dbd.B, --COO(alkylene)-N=N.dbd.B, --NH(alkylene)-N.dbd.B; --N(lower-alkyl)-(alkylene)-N.dbd.B, or --O-(alkylene)-N.dbd.B, where-N.dbd.B in each instance is amino, lower-alkylamino, dilower-alkyl-amino, 1-azetidinyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, 1-piperidinyl, 4-morpholinyl, 1-piperazinyl, 4-lower-alkyl-1-piperazinyl, 4-benzyl-1-piperazinyl, 1-imidazolyl or carboxy-lower-alkylamino;
- R.sup.4 is hydrogen, halogen, lower-alkyl, perfluorolower-alkyl, perchlorolower-alkyl, lower-alkenyl, lower-alkynyl, cyano, amino, lower-alkylamino, dilower-alkylamino, lower-alkoxy, benzyloxy, lower-alkoxycarbonyl or phenyl; and
- R.sup.5 is hydrogen or from one to two substituents in any of the 5-, 6- or 7-positions selected from halogen, cyano, nitro, N.dbd.B, 1-lower-alkyl-2-pyrrolyl, lower-alkylsulfonylamino, polyfluorolower-alkyl-sulfonylamino, polychlorolower-alkylsulfonylamino, aminosulfonyl, lower-alkyl, polyfluorolower-alkyl, polychlorolower-alkyl, cycloalkyl, lower-alkoxy, hydroxy, carboxy, carboxamido, hydroxylower-alkyl, methylenedioxy, cycloalkyloxy, formyl, aminomethyl, lower-alkylsulfonyl, polyfluorolower-alkylsulfonyl, polychlorolower-alkylsulfonyl, lower- alkylsulfonylaminosulfonyl, di(lower-alkyl)phosphonoxy, lower-alkoxypoly-lower-alkyleneoxy, hydroxylower-alkoxy, polyhydroxylower-alkoxy, or acetal or ketal thereof, poly(lower-alkoxy)lower-alkoxy, --SR, --SOR, --SO.sub.2 R, --OCOR, --O-(alkylene)-COOR, --O-(alkylene)-NB, where R is lower-alkyl, phenyl, benzyl or naphthyl, or phenyl or naphthyl substituted by from one to two substituents selected from lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxy or halogen;
- or R.sup.5 is a 5- or 6-membered saturated ring fused to the saccharin at the 5,6 or 6,7 positions, said ring containing two heteroatoms chosen from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur or a methylated derivative of said ring;
- or acid-addition salts of basic members thereof or base-addition salts of acidic members thereof.
- 2. A method according to claim 1 wherein:
- Ar is phenyl or phenyl substituted by from one to three, the same or different, members selected from the group consisting of lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxy, halogen, hydroxy, carboxy-lower-alkoxy, benzylozy, --SO.sub.2 --N.dbd.B or --O-(alkylene)-N.dbd.B, where N.dbd.B is di-lower-alkylamino, 4-morpholinyl, 1-piperazinyl, 4-lower-alkyl-1-piperazinyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, 1-piperidinyl, 4-benzyl-1-piperazinyl, carboxy-lower-alkylamino or --NR-(alkylene)-N(alkyl).sub.2, where R is lower-alkyl;
- R.sup.4 is primary or secondary lower-alkyl or lower-alkoxy; and
- R.sup.5 is hydrogen, lower-alkoxy, methylenedioxy, cycloalkyloxy, hydroxylower-alkoxy, polyhydroxylower-alkoxy or acetal or ketal thereof, poly(lower-alkoxy)lower-alkoxy, --O-(alkylene)-COOR, or O-(alkylene)-N.dbd.B.
- 3. A method according to claim 2 wherein R.sup.4 is ethyl, isopropyl, n-propyl or sec-butyl
- 4. A method according to claim 3 wherein R.sup.5 is lower-alkoxy, methylenedioxy, polyhydroxylower-alkoxy or acetal or ketal thereof, poly(lower-alkoxy)lower-alkoxy or --O-(alkylene)-N.dbd.B.
- 5. A method according to claim 4 wherein the compound is 4-isopropyl-6-methoxy-2-saccharinylmethyl 2,6-dichloro-3-[2-(4-morpholinyl)ethoxy]-benzoate.
- 6. A method according to claim 4 wherein the compound is 4-isopropyl-6-methoxy-2-saccharinylmethyl 2,6-dichlorobenzoate.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of our prior copending application Ser. No. 07/608,068, filed Nov. 1, 1990, now abandoned.
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