Patent ID: 7026479

Claim:
A process for the production of a compound of formula (A), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R 1 represents C 1-4 alkoxy optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R 2 represents H or C 1-6 alkoxy optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R 3 represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, C 1-4 alkoxy, C 1-4 alkyl and CF 3 ; R 4 is a 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S, the ring being optionally fused to a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S, the ring system as a whole being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently selected from OH, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy, halogen, CONR 7 R 8 , SO 2 NR 7 R 8 , (CH 2 ) b NR 7 R 8 and NHSO 2 (C 1-4 alkyl), and when S is a member of the ring system, it may be substituted by 1 or 2 oxygen atoms; R 7 and R 8 independently represent H or C 1-4 alkyl, or together with the N atom to which they are attached they may represent a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S; and b represents 0, 1, 2 or 3; the process comprising condensing a compound of formula (B), wherein R 1 to R 3 are as defined above; with a compound of formula (C), wherein R 5 and R 6 taken together with the N atom to which they are attached represent a 4-, 5-, 6-, or 7-membered N-containing heterocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S, the ring being optionally fused to a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S, the ring system as a whole being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently selected from OH, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy, halogen, CONR 7 R 8 , SO 2 NR 7 R 8 , (CH 2 ) b NR 7 R 8 and NHSO 2 (C 1-4 alkyl), and when S is a member of the ring system, it may be substituted by 1 or 2 oxygen atoms; R 7 , R 8 and b are as defined above; and where necessary or desired, converting the resulting compound of formula (A) into a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate, or converting the resulting salt or solvate into a compound of formula (A).