123944-86-5Relevant articles and documents
Therapeutic substituted indole compounds and compositions thereof
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, (2008/06/13)
The present invention is concerned with compounds of formula (I) STR1 wherein R, R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl; R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl (including cycloalkyl) and aryl (wherein the alkyl or aryl group, which latter includes benzyl, is optionally substituted by one or more atoms or groups independently selected from halogen, C1-4 alkyl and aryl), provided R3 benzyl or substituted benzyl when R4 =H; m is an integer of from 0 to 2; n is an integer of from 0 to 3; (W) is a group of formula (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) STR2 wherein Y is selected from oxygen, methylene and >N--R5, where R5 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, or benzyl, Z and Z' are independently selected from >C=O, >C=S and methylene, and the chiral center * in formula (i) or (ii) is in its (S) or (R) form or is a mixture thereof in any proportions; X is a group selected from aryl (including heteroaryl) xanthenyl dibenzofuranyl which group is optionally substituted; and salts and solvates thereof, the preparation of these compounds, pharmaceutical formulations containing them and their use in medicine, particularly in the treatment of migraine.