Substituted phenylether-thienopyridone compounds with antibacterial activity

1. A compound of formula (I):

in which:

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl groups, including but not limited to substituted and unsubstituted benzene, toluene, phenol, anisole, thiazole, thiazolidine and pyridine, alkenes, imines, and other like substituents;

R 2 is independently selected from halo, cyano, hydroxyl, (C 1-6 )alkyl (optionally substituted by halo, hydroxyl, amino, carboxy, or (C 1-6 ) alkoxycarbonyl), (C 1-6 ) cycloalkyl, (C 1-6 ) alkoxy, amino, mono- or di-(C 1-6 )alkylamino, acylamino, carboxy, (C 1-6 )alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy(C 1-6 )alkyloxy, (C 1-6 )alkylthio, (C 1-6 )alkylsulphinyl, (C 1-6 )alkylsulphonyl, sulphamoyl, mono- and di-(C 1-6 )alkylsulphamoyl, carbamoyl, mono- and di-(C 1-6 )alkylcarbamoyl, and heteroxy;

R 3 is selected from a halo, (C 1-3 )alkyl, (C 2-3 )alkenyl, (C 2-3 )alkynyl or other like substituents;

n is one, two or three; and

m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3.

2. The compound of claim 1 having a formula (IA):

in which:

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted benzene, such as toluene, phenol, anisole, substituted and unsubstituted thiazole, such as methylthiazole, substituted and unsubstituted pyridine, and alkenyl groups ethanimine, and (C 1 -C 6 )alkene; and

R 2 is one or more halogen substituents (preferably bromine, iodine and/or chlorine), one or more sulfane substituents, e.g., methylsulfane, or a combination of a halogen and sulfane substituents.

3. The salt of the compound of claim 1 .

4. The salt of claim 3 wherein the salt is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt.

5. A compound of formula (I) as claimed in claim 1 selected from:

5-{3-[3-Bromo-5-methylsulfanyl-2-(2-pyridin-3-yl-ethoxy)-benzylamino]-propylamino}-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-(3-{3-bromo-5-methylsulfanyl-2-[2-(4-methyl-thiazol-5-yl)-ethoxyl]-benzylamino}-propylamino)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-[3-(3-bromo-5-methylsulfanyl-2-phenethyloxy-benzylamino)-propylamino]-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-(3-{3,5-Dibromo-2-[2-(4-methyl-thiazol-5-yl)-ethoxyl]-benzylamino}-propylamino)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-{3-[3,5-Dibromo-2-(2-pyridin-3-yl-ethoxy)-benzylamino]-propylamino}-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one; 5-(3-{3,5-Dibromo-2-[2-(4,5-dimethyl-thiazol-2-yl)-ethoxy]-benzylamino}-propylamino)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-[3-(3,5-Dibromo-2-phenethyloxy-benzylamino)-propylamino]-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-{3-[3,5-Dibromo-2-(3-pyridin-3-yl-propoxy)-benzylamino]-propylamino}-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-(3-{3,5-Dibromo-2-[2-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-ethoxy]-benzylamino}-propylamino)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-(3-{3,5-Dibromo-2-[2-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-ethoxy]-benzylamino}-propylamino)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-{3-[3,5-Dibromo-2-(2-p-tolyl-ethoxy)-benzylamino]-propylamino}-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-3-{3,5-Dibromo-2-[2-(fluoro-phenyl)-ethoxy]-benzylamino}-propylamino)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one;

5-(3-{3,5-Dibromo-2-[2-(4-chloro-phenyl)-ethoxy]-benzylamino}-propylamino)-4Hthieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one; and

5-{3-[3-Bromo-5-methylsulfanyl-2-(3-pyridin-3-yl-propoxy)-benzylamino]-propylamino}-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-one.

6. A pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibacterially effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 together with a pharmaceutically accepted carrier or excipient.

7. A process for preparing a compound of formula (IA), according to claim 2 , which process comprises reacting a compound of formula XVII:

in which R 1 and R 2 are as defined in claim 1 ; with a compound of formula (XVIII):

under reductive amination conditions.