Patent ID: 6900216

Claim:
A compound of Formula I including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which g is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; n is 2; R 1 is a) halo, b) an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more halo, c) an alkoxy group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more halo, d) an alkylthio group, an alkylsulphinyl group or an alkylsulphonyl group each containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more halo, e) hydroxy, f) an acyloxy group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, g) a hydroxyalkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, h) cyano, i) an alkanoyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, j) an alkoxycarbonyl group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms, k) a carbamoyl group or a carbamoylmethyl group each optionally N-substituted by one or two alkyl groups each containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, l) a sulphamoyl or sulphamoylmethyl group each optionally N-substituted by one or two alkyl groups each containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or m) an amino group optionally substituted by one or two alkyl groups each containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R 1 being the same or different when g is 2, 3, 4 or 5; R 2 represents H, an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more halo, a hydroxyalkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an α-hydroxyarylmethyl group, a hydroxyalkenyl group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms in which hydroxy is not attached directly to either carbon of the double bond, a hydroxyalkynyl group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms in which hydroxy is not attached directly to either carbon of the triple bond, a hydroxycycloalkyl group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an arylalkenyl group containing 8 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a C 3-4 alkynylalkoxyC 1-3 alkyl group, a C 4-6 cycloalkylalkoxyC 1-3 alkyl group, a C 1-3 alkoxyC 1-3 alkyl group, a C 1-3 alkylthioC 1-3 alkyl group, a C 1-3 alkoxy group, a C 1-3 alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a C 1-6 alkanoyl group, a C 3-6 alkoxycarbonylalkyl group, cyano, halo, a C 1-4 alkylaminomethyl group, a C 1-4 alkylaminoalkyl group or a hydroxyiminomethyl group; and wherein the condensed thiazole ring may be attached at the 2, 4, 5, 6 or 7-position of the benzothiophene ring with the proviso that when the condensed thiazole ring is attached at the 2-position or the 5-position of the benzothiophene ring and g is 0 then R 2 is not H, and with the further proviso that when the condensed thiazole ring is attached at the 2-position of the benzothiophene ring and g is other than 0 then R 1 is not attached at the 3-position of the benzothiophene ring.