摘要 |
A compound formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof, wherein R<0> represents an aryl group optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from the list consisting of: hydroxy, hydroxymethyl, nitro, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylsulphonamido, arylsulphonamido, formamido, halogen, alkoxy and allyl; X represents O or S; R<1> and R<1a> each independently represents hydrogen or an alkyl group; R<2> represents OCH2CO2H, or an ester or amide thereof, or R<2> represents a moiety of formula (b), wherein R<4> represents hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, arylalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, aralkyloxyalkyl or cycloalkyl and R<5> represents hydroxy, alkoxy, arylalkyloxy, hydroxyalkyloxy, alkoxyalkyloxy, aryloxyalkyloxy, arylalkoxyalkyloxy or cycloalkyloxy or R<5> represents hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, arylalkyloxyalkyl or R<5> together with OR<4> represents O(CH2)nO, wherein n is 2, 3 or 4; and R<3> represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy or R<3> together with R<2> represents a moiety of formula (c) or an ester or amide thereof; providing that 4-[2-[2-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propylamino]propyl]phenoxyacetic acid and salts and esters thereof and the compounds of examples 1 to 36 disclosed in EP0328251 are excluded from the scope of formula (I); a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound, a process of preparing such a compound and the use of such a compound in medicine. |