2-amino-imidazo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-ones, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutical compositions

1. A compound of formula I

wherein:

R 1 denotes:

an arylmethyl or arylethyl group,

a heteroarylmethyl or heteroarylethyl group,

an arylcarbonylmethyl group,

a heteroarylcarbonylmethyl group or

an arylprop-2-enyl or heteroarylprop-2-enyl group, wherein the propenyl chain may be substituted by 1 to 4 fluorine atoms, or substituted by a cyano, C 1-3 -alkyloxy-carbonyl or nitro group;

X denotes a C—R 5 group, while R 5 denotes a hydrogen atom or a C 1-3 -alkyl group;

R 2 denotes:

a hydrogen atom,

a C 1-6 -alkyl group,

an aryl or heteroaryl group,

a C 1-6 -alkyl group substituted by a group R a , where

R a denotes a C 3-7 -cycloalkyl group wherein one or two methylene groups may each be replaced independently of one another by an oxygen or sulphur atom, by an —NH— or —N(C 1-3 -alkyl)- group or by a carbonyl, sulphinyl or sulphonyl group,

or a trifluoromethyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyano, carboxy, C 1-3 -alkoxy-carbonyl, amino-carbonyl, C 1-3 -alkylamino-carbonyl, di-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-amino-carbonyl, pyrrolidin-1-ylcarbonyl, piperidin-1-ylcarbonyl, morpholin-4-ylcarbonyl, piperazin-1-ylcarbonyl, 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperazin-1-ylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, heteroarylcarbonyl, C 1-3 -alkylsulphinyl, C 1-3 -alkylsulphonyl, hydroxy, C 1-3 -alkoxy, C 1-3 -alkylsulphanyl, amino, C 1-3 -alkylamino, di-(C1-3-alkyl)-amino, pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, morpholin-4-yl, piperazin-1-yl or 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperazin-1-yl group,

a trifluoromethyl, carboxy, C 1-4 -alkoxy-carbonyl, aminocarbonyl, C 1-3 -alkylamino-carbonyl, di-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-amino-carbonyl, pyrrolidin-1-ylcarbonyl, piperidin-1-ylcarbonyl, morpholin-4-ylcarbonyl, piperazin-1-ylcarbonyl, 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperazin-1-ylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, heteroarylcarbonyl, C 1-3 -alkylsulphinyl, C 1-3 -alkylsulphonyl, C 1-4 -alkoxy, C 1-4 -alkylsulphanyl, amino, C 1-3 -alkylamino or di-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-amino, pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, morpholin-4-yl, piperazin-1-yl or 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperazin-1-yl group,

a C 3-7 -cycloalkyl group wherein one or two methylene groups independently of one another may each be replaced by an oxygen or sulphur atom, by an —NH— or —N(C 1-3 -alkyl)- group, or by a carbonyl, sulphinyl or sulphonyl group, or

a C 3-6 -alkenyl or C 3-6 -alkynyl group;

R 3 denotes:

a C 5-7 -cycloalkenylmethyl group optionally substituted by a C 1-3 -alkyl group,

an arylmethyl or heteroarylmethyl group,

a straight-chain or branched C 2-8 -alkenyl group which may be substituted by 1 to 15 fluorine atoms or a cyano, nitro or C 1-3 -alkoxy-carbonyl group,

or a straight-chain or branched C 3-8 -alkynyl group which may be substituted by 1 to 9 fluorine atoms or a cyano, nitro or C 1-3 -alkoxy-carbonyl group; and

R 4 denotes:

an amino group substituted by the groups R 15 and R 16 wherein

R 15 denotes a hydrogen atom, a C 1-6 -alkyl, C 3-6 -cycloalkyl, C 3-6 -cycloalkyl-C 1-3 -alkyl, aryl or aryl-C 1-3 -alkyl group and

R 16 denotes a R 17 -C 1-3 -alkyl group, while the C 2-3 -alkyl moiety is straight-chain and may be substituted by 1 to 4 C 1-3 -alkyl groups, which may be identical or different, and the C 2-3 -alkyl group may be linked to R 17 from position 2 or 3 of the C 2-3 -alkyl group, and

R 17 denotes an amino or C 1-3 -alkylamino group,

an amino group substituted by the groups R 15 and R 18 wherein

R 15 is as hereinbefore defined and R 18 denotes a C 3-10 -cycloalkyl-C 1-2 -alkyl- group substituted in the 1 position of the cycloalkyl group by R 19 or a C 3-10 -cycloalkyl group substituted in 1 or 2 position by a R 19 -C 1-2 -alkyl- group, while R 19 denotes an amino or C 1-3 -alkylamino group,

an amino group substituted by the groups R 15 and R 20 wherein

R 15 is as hereinbefore defined and R 20 denotes a C 4 - or C 8-10 -cycloalkyl group wherein a methylene group from position 3 onwards of the C 4 - or C 8-10 -cycloalkyl group is replaced by an —NH— group,

or an amino group substituted by the groups R 15 and R 21 wherein

R 15 is as hereinbefore defined and R 21 denotes a C 3-4 - or C 8-10 -cycloalkyl group substituted in the 2 or 3 position by an amino or C 1-3 -alkylamino group;

while the above-mentioned groups R 18 , R 20 and R 21 may be mono- or disubstituted by R b , wherein the substituents may be identical or different and R b denotes a fluorine atom, a C 1-3 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino, C 1-3 -alkylamino, hydroxy or C 1-3 -alkyloxy group, and wherein one or two methylene groups of the cycloalkyl group independently of one another may each be replaced by an oxygen or sulphur atom or by an —NH— or —N(C 1-3 -alkyl)- group, or by a carbonyl, sulphinyl or sulphonyl group;

while by the aryl groups mentioned in the definition of the above groups are meant phenyl or naphthyl groups, which may be mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another by R h , while the substituents may be identical or different and R h denotes a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom, a trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, amino, aminocarbonyl, C 1-3 -alkoxy-carbonyl, aminosulphonyl, methylsulphonyl, acetylamino, methylsulphonylamino, C 1-3 -alkyl, cyclopropyl, ethenyl, ethynyl, morpholinyl, hydroxy, C1-3-alkyloxy, difluoromethoxy or trifluoromethoxy group, and wherein additionally each hydrogen atom may be replaced by a fluorine atom;

by the heteroaryl groups mentioned in the definition of the above-mentioned groups is meant a pyrrolyl, furanyl, thienyl, pyridyl, indolyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, quinolinyl or isoquinolinyl group,

or is meant a pyrrolyl, furanyl, thienyl or pyridyl group, wherein one or two methyne groups are replaced by nitrogen atoms,

or is meant an indolyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, quinolinyl or isoquinolinyl group, wherein one to three methyne groups are replaced by nitrogen atoms,

and the above-mentioned heteroaryl groups may be mono- or disubstituted by R h , while the substituents may be identical or different and R h is as hereinbefore defined;

by the above-mentioned cycloalkyl groups as defined are meant both monocyclic and also polycyclic ring systems, while the polycyclic groups may be annelated, spiro-linked or bridged in structure;

while, unless otherwise stated, the above-mentioned alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl groups may be straight-chain or branched;

while the carboxy groups mentioned in the definition of the above-mentioned groups may be replaced by a group which may be converted in vivo into a carboxy group or by a group which is negatively charged under physiological conditions;

and the amino and imino groups mentioned in the definition of the above-mentioned groups may be substituted by a group which can be cleaved in vivo;

or a tautomer thereof, or an enantiomer or diastereomer thereof or a mixture thereof, or a prodrug thereof or a salt thereof.

2. A compound of formula I according to claim 1 , wherein

R 1 and R 4 are defined as mentioned in claim 1 ,

X denotes a —CH group,

R 2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a C 1-4 -alkyl, C 3-6 -cycloalkyl or phenyl group and

R 3 denotes a 1-buten-1-yl, 2-buten-1-yl, 2-butyn-1-yl, cyclopent-1-enyl-methyl, furanyl-methyl, thienylmethyl, chlorobenzyl, bromobenzyl, iodobenzyl, methoxybenzyl or cyanobenzyl group, or an enantiomer or diastereomer thereof or a mixture thereof, or a salt thereof.

3. A compound of formula I according to claim 2 , wherein

R 1 denotes a phenylmethyl, phenylcarbonylmethyl, phenylprop-2-enyl, pyridinylmethyl, pyrimidinylmethyl, naphthylmethyl, quinolinylmethyl, isoquinolinylmethyl, quinazolinylmethyl, quinoxalinylmethyl, naphthyridinylmethyl or benzotriazolylmethyl group which may be substituted in each case by one or two fluorine, chlorine, bromine atoms or one or two cyano, nitro, amino, C 1-3 -alkyl, C 1-3 -alkyloxy and morpholinyl groups, while the substituents are identical or different,

R 2 denotes a hydrogen atom,

R 3 denotes a 1-buten-1-yl, 2-buten-1-yl, 2-butyn-1-yl, cyclopent-1-enyl-methyl, furanyl-methyl, thienylmethyl, chlorobenzyl, bromobenzyl, iodobenzyl or cyanobenzyl group and

R 4 denotes an N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-methyl-amino group wherein the ethyl group may be substituted by 1 to 4 methyl groups,

or a tautomer thereof, or a salt thereof.

4. A compound of formula I according to claim 3 , wherein

R 1 denotes a isoquinolinylmethyl, quinazolinylmethyl or benzyl group which may be substituted by a methyl or cyano group,

R 2 denotes a hydrogen atom,

R 3 denotes a 2-butyn-1-yl group and

R 3 denotes an N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-methyl-amino, N-(2-aminopropyl)-N-methyl-amino or N-(2-amino-2-methylpropyl)-N-methyl-amino group,

or a tautomer thereof or a salt thereof.

5. The following compound of formula I according to claim 1 :

2-[N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-methyl-amino]-3-(2-butyn-1-yl)-5-[(3-methyl-isoquinolin-1-yl)methyl]-3,5-dihydro-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-4-one

or a tautomer thereof or a salt thereof.

6. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound according to claim 1 or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof together with one or more inert carriers and/or diluents.

7. A process for preparing a compound of formula I according to claim 1 , the process comprising

a) providing a compound of formula II

wherein

R 1 to R 3 and X are defined as mentioned in claim 1 and

Z 1 denotes a leaving group which is a halogen atom, or a methanesulfonyl or methanesulfonyloxy group, and

b) reacting the compound of formula II with R 4 —H or salts thereof, where R 4 is defined as in claim 1 .

8. A process for preparing a compound of formula I according to claim 1 , the process comprising

a) deprotecting a compound of general formula III

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and X are defined as mentioned in claim 1 and

Z 2 denotes one of the groups mentioned for R 4 claim 1 that contains an amino group not directly linked to the basic imidazopyridinone structure and wherein said amino group not directly linked to the basic imidazopyridinone structure is protected by a tert.-butyloxycarbonyl group.