Patent ID: 6906065

Claim:
A compound of formula (I): wherein: R 1 is halo, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, amino, carboxy, carbamoyl, mercapto, C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkenyl or C 2-6 alkynyl; p is 0-4; wherein the values of R 1 may be the same or different; R 2 is sulphamoyl or a group B-E-; wherein B is selected from C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 3-8 cycloalkyl, C 3-8 cycloalkylC 1-6 alkyl, phenyl, a heterocyclic group, phenylC 1-6 alkyl or (heterocyclic group)C 1-6 alkyl; wherein said C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 3-8 cycloalkyl, C 3-8 cycloalkylC 1-6 alkyl, phenyl, heterocyclic group, phenylC 1-6 alkyl or (heterocyclic group)C 1-6 alkyl are optionally substituted on carbon by one or more D; and wherein if said heterocyclic group contains an —NH— moiety that nitrogen may be optionally substituted by a group selected from G; E is —C(O)—, —N(R a )C(O)—, —C(O)N(R a )—, —S(O) r —, —SO 2 N(R a )— or —N(R a )SO 2 —; wherein R a is hydrogen or C 1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by one or more D and r is 1-2; D is independently selected from halo, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, amino, carboxy, carbamoyl, mercapto, sulphamoyl, C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 1-6 alkoxy, C 1-6 alkanoyl, C 1-6 alkanoyloxy, N-(C 1-6 alkyl)amino, N,N-(C 1-6 alkyl) 2 amino, C 1-6 alkanoylamino, N-(C 1-6 alkyl)carbamoyl, N,N-(C 1-6 alkyl) 2 carbamoyl, C 1-6 alkylS(O) a wherein a is 0 to 2, C 1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, N-(C 1-6 alkyl)sulphamoyl and N,N-(C 1-6 alkyl) 2 sulphamoyl; G is selected from C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkanoyl, C 1-4 alkylsulphonyl, C 1-4 alkyoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, N-(C 1-4 alkyl)carbamoyl, N,N-(C 1-4 alkyl)carbamoyl, benzyl, beuzyloxycarbonyl, benzoyl and phenylsulphonyl; and q is 0-2; wherein the values of R 2 maybe the same or different; and wherein p+q=1-5; with the proviso that that compound is not 2-(2,4-dimethylanilino)-4-amino-5-cyanopyrimidine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.