Patent ID: 7384951

Claim:
A compound of formula (1): wherein: R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a C 1-6 alkyl, C 3-6 alkenyl, C 3-5 cycloalkylC 1-3 alkyl or C 3-6 cycloalkyl; each of which may be optionally substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms; R 3 is a group CO-G or SO 2 -G where G is a 5- or 6-membered ring containing a nitrogen atom and a second heteroatom selected from oxygen and sulphur adjacent to the nitrogen; the ring being substituted by at least one group selected from halogen or C 1-4 alkyl, (which may be optionally substituted by up to five halogen atoms), and optionally substituted by up to a further 4 groups independently selected from halogen, hydroxyl and C 1-4 alkyl, (which may be optionally substituted by up to five halogen atoms); Q is CR 4 R 5 where R 4 is hydrogen, fluorine or C 1-6 alkyl and R 5 is hydrogen, fluorine or hydroxy; Ar is a 5- to 10-membered aromatic ring system wherein up to 4 ring atoms are optionally heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, the ring system being optionally substituted by one or more substituents independently selected from C 1-4 alkyl (optionally substituted by 1, 2 or 3 hydroxy groups), C 1-4 alkoxy, halogen, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, C 1-4 alkoxyC 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkylthio, C 1-4 alkoxycarbonyl, C 2-4 alkanoyl, nitro, cyano, —N(R 6 )R 7 and —(CH 2 )pN(R 8 )R 9 , hydroxy, C 1-4 alkylsulphonyl, C 1-4 alkylsulphinyl, carbamoyl, C 1-4 alkylcarbamoyl, di-(C 1-4 alkyl)carbamoyl, carboxy, and SO 2 N(R 6 )R 7 , or Ar is optionally substituted by a 5 or 6 membered aromatic ring containing up to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, and which is optionally substituted by one or more substituents independently selected from C 1-4 alkyl (optionally substituted by 1,2 or 3 hydroxy groups), C 1-4 alkoxy, halogen, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, C 1-4 alkoxyC 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkylthio, C 1-4 alkoxycarbonyl, C 2-4 alkanoyl, nitro, cyano, —N(R 6 )R 7 and —(CH 2 )pN(R 8 )R 9 , hydroxy, C 1-4 alkylsulphonyl, C 1-4 alkylsulphinyl, carbamoyl, C 1-4 alkylcarbamoyl, di-(C 1-4 alkyl)carbamoyl, carboxy, and SO 2 N(R 6 )R 7 , p is 1, 2, 3 or 4; R 6 and R 7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, C 1-4 alkanoyl or C 1-4 alkyl, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclic ring; and R 8 and R 9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, C 1-4 alkanoyl or C 1-4 alkyl, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclic ring; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.