Substituted oxindole derivatives, medicaments containing said derivatives and use thereof

1. A method for the treatment of at least one condition selected from the group consisting of hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, affective disorders, anxiety disorders and/or stress-related anxiety disorders in a patient, and depressive conditions, for the treatment or prevention of stress resulting from withdrawal from one or more of the dependency-causing factors, and/or for the treatment or prevention of stress-induced relapse into the dependencies caused by drugs, medicaments, or other factors, in a patient in need thereof, characterized in that the patient is administered an effective quantity of at least one compound of general formula (I),

wherein

A is an aromatic, heteroaromatic, partially aromatic, or partially heteroaromatic mono- or bicyclic ring containing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 carbon atoms as ring members, and the ring may also contain as ring members 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms which are the same or different, independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and which is substituted with the R A 1 radical and which may also be substituted with one, two, or three R A 11 , R A 12 , and/or R A 13 radicals which, independently of one another and independently of their respective occurrence, are selected from the group consisting of bromine, chlorine, fluorine, CN, CF 3 , OCF 3 , OCHF 2 , OH, O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl, and C 1 -C 4 alkyl;

R A 1 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 4 alkylene-R A 2 , C 0 -C 3 alkylene-O—C 2 -C 4 alkylene-R A 2 , and C 0 -C 3 alkylene-NR A 3 —C 2 -C 4 alkylene-R A 2 ;

R A 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C 1 -C 4 alkyl;

R A 2 is selected from the group consisting of OH, NH 2 , NH(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), NH(C 2 -C 4 alkylene-OH), N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 2 -C 4 alkylene-OH), NH(C 2 -C 4 alkylene-O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl), N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 2 -C 4 alkylene-O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl), NH(C 3 -C 7 cyclo alkyl), N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 3 -C 7 cyclo alkyl), NH(C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl), N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl), and ring R A 4 ;

R A 4 independently of its respective occurrence is selected from the group consisting of the particular individual radicals

R A 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, and optionally substituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl;

B is an aromatic, heteroaromatic, partially aromatic, or partially heteroaromatic mono- or bicyclic ring containing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 C atoms as ring members, and the ring may also contain as ring members 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms which are the same or different, independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and may be substituted with one, two, or three radicals R B 1 , R B 2 , and/or R B 3 which, independently of one another and independently of their respective occurrence, are selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, fluorine, CN, CF 3 , OCF 3 , OCHF 2 , OH, O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl, and C 1 -C 4 alkyl;

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, bromine, chlorine, fluorine, iodine, CN, CF 3 , OCF 3 , OCHF 2 , O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, and C 2 -C 4 alkynyl;

R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl, chlorine, fluorine, and trifluoromethyl;

Y stands for a radical

wherein

R Y 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C 1 -C 4 alkyl; and

R Y 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, phenyl, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, and C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl,

wherein R Y 1 and R Y 2 combined, together with the atom to which they are bonded, may also form a 4-, 5-, 6-, or 7-membered saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic ring containing a nitrogen atom, and the ring may contain one or two substituents R Y 6 and/or R Y 7 which, independently of one another and independently of their respective occurrence, are selected from the group consisting of fluorine, OH, O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl, phenyl, and C 1 -C 4 alkyl; or when R Y 6 and R Y 7 occupy adjacent positions, R Y 6 and R Y 7 together with the respective C atom to which they are bonded may form a condensed substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring;

R Y 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl;

R Y 4 is a saturated, partially saturated, or unsaturated ring containing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 C atoms as ring members, and the ring may also contain as ring members 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms which are the same or different, independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and which may be substituted with one or two radicals R Y 8 and/or R Y 9 , where R Y 8 and R Y 9 independently of one another and independently of their respective occurrence are selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, fluorine, CN, OH, O—C 1 -C 4 alkyl, and C 1 -C 4 alkyl; or a physiologically tolerable salt of a compound of general formula (I).

2. The method of claim 1 characterized in that the patient is a mammal.