Patent ID: 6939871

Claim:
A compound of formula (I) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: in which Ar is phenyl, naphthyl, a monocyclic heteroaromatic group or a bicyclic heteroaromatic group, said Ar group being optionally substituted by 1-4 substituents, which may be the same or different, and which are selected from the group consisting of: halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C 1-6 alkyl, trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy, pentafluoroethyl, C 1-6 alkoxy, arylC 1-6 alkoxy, C 1-6 alkythio, C 1-6 alkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkylC 1-6 alkoxy, C 1-6 alkanoyl, C 1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, C 1-6 alkylsulfonyl, C 1-6 alkylsulfinyl, C 1-6 alkylsulfonyloxy, C 1-6 alkylsulfonylC 1-6 alkyl, arylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonylC 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 alkylsulfonamido, C 1-6 alkylamido, C 1-6 alkylsulfonamidoC 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 alkylamidoC 1-6 alkyl, arylsulfonamido, arylcarboxamido, arylsulfonamidoC 1-6 alkyl, arylcarboxamidoC 1-6 alkyl, aroyl, aroylC 1-6 alkyl, arylC 1-6 alkanoyl, a group R 3 OCO(CH 2 ) s , R 3 CON(R 4 )(CH 2 ) s , R 3 R 4 NCO(CH 2 ) s or R 3 R 4 NSO 2 (CH 2 ) s where each of R 3 and R 4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or C 1-4 alkyl or R 3 and R 4 form part of a C 3-6 azacyloalkane or C 3-6 (2-oxo)azacycloalkane ring and s represents zero or an integer from 1 to 4, and a group Ar 1 -Z, wherein Z represents a single bond, O, S or CH 2 and Ar 1 represents a phenyl or a monocyclic heteroaromatic group, said Ar 1 group being optionally substituted by 1-3 substituents, which may be the same or different, and which are selected from the group consisting of: a halogen, hydroxy, cyano, trifluoromethyl, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 alkoxy or C 1-6 alkanoyl; when Ar is a phenyl or a monocyclic heteroaromatic group, substituents positioned ortho to one another may be linked to form a 5- or 6 -membered ring selected from 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]furanyl, 3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b]pyranyl, 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]furanyl, 2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b]pyranyl, or 5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthyl, said 5- or 6 -membered ring being optionally further substituted as defined above; R 1 is hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, C 3-6 alkenyl, C 3-6 alkynyl or arylC 1-6 alkyl; R 2 is halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, cyano, CF 3 , C 1-6 alkanoyl, C 1-6 alkoxy or hydroxy; X is CH or N; Y is a single bond, O, or C═O; p is 0, 1 or 2; r is 0, 1, 2 or 3; m is 2, 3 or 4; n and q are independently 1 or 2.