Bicyclic heterocycles, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, their use and processes for the preparation thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles of general formula wherein R a , R b , R c , A, B, C, D, E and X are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, the use thereof for treating diseases, particularly tumoral diseases, as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract, and the preparation thereof.

We claim:  
     
         1 . Bicyclic heterocycles of general formula  
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
       
       wherein 
 R a  denotes a hydrogen atom or a C 1-4 -alkyl group,  
 R b  denotes a phenyl, benzyl or 1-phenylethyl group, wherein the phenyl nucleus is substituted in each case by the groups R 1  to R 3 , while 
 R 1  and R 2 , which may be identical or different, in each case denote a hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom,  
 a C 1-4 -alkyl, hydroxy, C 1-4 -alkoxy, C 2-3 -alkenyl or C 2-3 -alkynyl group,  
 an aryl, aryloxy, arylmethyl or arylmethoxy group,  
 a heteroaryl, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylmethyl or heteroarylmethoxy group,  
 a methyl or methoxy group substituted by 1 to 3 fluorine atoms or  
 a cyano, nitro or amino group, and  
 R 3  denotes a hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom,  
 a methyl or trifluoromethyl group,  
 
 R c  denotes a hydrogen atom or a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom,  
 a hydroxy or C 1-4 -alkyloxy group,  
 a methoxy group substituted by 1 to 3 fluorine atoms,  
 an ethyloxy group substituted by 1 to 5 fluorine atoms,  
 a C 2-4 -alkyloxy group which is substituted by a group R 4 , where 
 R 4  denotes a hydroxy, C 1-3 -alkyloxy, C 3-6 -cycloalkyloxy, C 3-6 -cycloalkyl-C 1-3 -alkyloxy, amino, C 1-3 -alkylamino, di-(C 1-3 -alkyl)amino, bis-(2-C 1-3 -alkyloxy-ethyl)-amino, bis-(3-C 1-3 -alkyloxy-propyl)-amino, pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, homopiperidin-1-yl, morpholin-4-yl, homomorpholin-4-yl, piperazin-1-yl, 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperazin-1-yl, homopiperazin-1-yl or 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-homopiperazin-1-yl group,  
 
 a C 2-4 -alkyloxy group which is substituted by the group E, where E is defined as hereinafter,  
 a C 3-7 -cycloalkyloxy or C 3-7 -cycloalkyl-C 1-4 -alkyloxy group,  
 a tetrahydrofuran-3-yloxy, tetrahydropyran-3-yloxy or tetrahydropyran-4-yloxy group,  
 a tetrahydrofuranyl-C 1-4 -alkyloxy or tetrahydropyranyl-C 1-4 -alkyloxy group,  
 a pyrrolidin-3-yloxy, piperidin-3-yloxy or piperidin-4-yloxy-group,  
 a 1-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-pyrrolidin-3-yloxy, 1-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperidin-3-yloxy or 1-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperidin-4-yloxy-group,  
 a C 1-4 -alkoxy group which is substituted by a pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl or homopiperidinyl group substituted in the 1 position by the group R 5 , where 
 R 5  denotes a hydrogen atom or a C 1-3 -alkyl group,  
 
 or a C 1-4 -alkoxy group which is substituted by a morpholinyl or homomorpholinyl group substituted in the 4 position by said group R 5 ,  
 A denotes an imino or C 1-4 -alkylimino group,  
 B denotes a carbonyl or sulphonyl group,  
 C denotes a 1,3-allenylene, 1,1-vinylene or 1,2-vinylene group which may be substituted in each case by one or two methyl groups or by a trifluoromethyl group,  
 an ethynylene group or  
 a 1,3-butadien-1,4-ylene group which may be substituted by one or two methyl groups or by a trifluoromethyl group,  
 D denotes a straight-chain or branched C 1-4 -alkylene group,  
 E denotes a pyrrolidin-1-yl group wherein two hydrogen atoms on the carbon skeleton are replaced by a straight-chain alkylene bridge, this bridge containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on the same carbon atom, or 1 to 5 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on adjacent carbon atoms, or 2 to 4 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by one atom, while said pyrrolidin-1-yl groups may each additionally be substituted by one or two C 1-3 -alkyl groups,  
 a piperidin-1-yl or homopiperidin-1-yl group, wherein in each case two hydrogen atoms on the carbon skeleton are replaced by a straight-chain alkylene bridge, this bridge containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on the same carbon atom, or 1 to 5 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on adjacent carbon atoms, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by one atom, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by two atoms, while said piperidin-1-yl- and homopiperidin-1-yl groups may each additionally be substituted by one or two C 1-3 -alkyl groups,  
 a piperazin-1-yl or homopiperazin-1-yl group, wherein in each case two hydrogen atoms on the carbon skeleton are replaced by a straight-chain alkylene bridge, this bridge containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on the same carbon atom, or 1 to 5 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on adjacent carbon atoms, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by one atom, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by two atoms, while said piperazin-1-yl- and homopiperazin-1-yl groups may each additionally be substituted by one or two C 1-3 -alkyl groups,  
 a morpholin-4-yl or homomorpholin-4-yl group, wherein in each case two hydrogen atoms on the carbon skeleton are replaced by a straight-chain alkylene bridge, this bridge containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on the same carbon atom, or 1 to 5 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on adjacent carbon atoms, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by one atom, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by two atoms, while said morpholin-4-yl- and homomorpholin-4-yl may each additionally be substituted by one or two C 1-3 -alkyl groups,  
 and  
 X denotes a methyne group substituted by a cyano group or a nitrogen atom,  
 wherein said aryl groups are 
 in each case a phenyl group which is mono- or disubstituted by R 6 , while the substituents may be identical or different and 
 R 6  denotes a hydrogen atom, a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom or a C 1-3 -alkyl, hydroxy, C 1-3 -alkyloxy, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy or cyano group,  
 
 
 by the heteroaryl groups mentioned in the definition of the above groups is meant a pyridyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl or pyrazinyl group, while said heteroaryl groups are each mono- or disubstituted by the group R 6 , while the substituents may be identical or different and  
 unless otherwise stated, said alkyl groups may be straight-chained or branched,  
 their tautomers, their stereoisomers, their mixtures and their salts.  
 
     
     
         2 . Bicyclic heterocycles of general formula I according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 R a  denotes a hydrogen atom,    R b  denotes a phenyl group substituted by the groups R 1  to R 3 , where 
 R 1  denotes a hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom,  
 a methyl, trifluoromethyl or ethynyl group,  
 a phenyloxy or phenylmethoxy group, wherein the phenyl moiety of said groups is optionally substituted by a fluorine or chlorine atom, or  
 a pyridinyloxy or pyridinylmethoxy group, wherein the pyridinyl moiety of said groups is optionally substituted by a methyl or trifluoromethyl group,  
 R 2  denotes a hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine atom and  
 R 3  denotes a hydrogen atom,  
   R c  denotes a hydrogen atom,    a C 1-3 -alkyloxy group,    a C 4-6 -cycloalkyloxy or C 3-6 -cycloalkyl-C 1-2 -alkyloxy-group,    a tetrahydrofuran-3-yloxy, tetrahydropyran-3-yloxy, tetrahydropyran-4-yloxy, tetrahydrofuranyl-C 1-2 -alkyloxy or tetrahydropyranyl-C 1-2 -alkyloxy group,    an ethyloxy group which is substituted in the 2 position by a group R 4 , where 
 R 4  denotes a hydroxy, C 1-3 -alkyloxy, amino, C 1-3 -alkylamino, di-(C 1-3 -alkyl)amino, bis-(2-methoxyethyl)-amino, pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, homopiperidin-1-yl, morpholin-4-yl, homomorpholin-4-yl, piperazin-1-yl, 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-piperazin-1-yl, homopiperazin-1-yl, or 4-(C 1-3 -alkyl)-homopiperazin-1-yl group,  
   a propyloxy group which is substituted in the 3 position by R 4 ,    a butyloxy group which is substituted in the 4 position by R 4 ,    A denotes an imino group,    B denotes a carbonyl or sulphonyl group,    C denotes a 1,1-vinylene, 1,2-vinylene or ethynylene group,    D denotes a methylene, 1,1-ethylene or 1,2-ethylene group,    E denotes a piperidin-1-yl group wherein two hydrogen atoms on the carbon skeleton are replaced by a straight-chain alkylene bridge, this bridge containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on the same carbon atom, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on adjacent carbon atoms, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by one atom, or 1 or 2 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by two atoms, while the said piperidin-1-yl groups may each additionally be substituted by one or two C 1-3 -alkyl groups,    a piperazin-1-yl group wherein two hydrogen atoms on the carbon skeleton are replaced by a straight-chain alkylene bridge, this bridge containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on the same carbon atom, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on adjacent carbon atoms, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by one atom, or 1 or 2 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by two atoms, while said piperazin-1-yl groups may each additionally be substituted by one or two C 1-3 -alkyl groups, or    a morpholin-4-yl group wherein two hydrogen atoms on the carbon skeleton are replaced by a straight-chain alkylene bridge, this bridge containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on the same carbon atom, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on adjacent carbon atoms, or 1 to 3 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by one atom, or 1 or 2 carbon atoms if the two hydrogen atoms are located on carbon atoms which are separated by two atoms, while said morpholin-4-yl groups may each additionally be substituted by one or two C 1-3 -alkyl groups,    and    X represents a nitrogen atom,    while, unless otherwise stated, said alkyl groups may be straight-chain or branched,    their tautomers, their stereoisomers, their mixtures and their salts.    
     
     
         3 . Bicyclic heterocycles of general formula 1 according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 R a  denotes a hydrogen atom,    R b  denotes a 3-ethynylphenyl, 3-bromophenyl, 3,4-difluorophenyl or 3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl group,    R c  denotes a hydrogen atom,    a methoxy, ethyloxy, 2-(methoxy)ethyloxy, 3-(morpholin-4-yl)propyloxy, cyclo-butyloxy, cyclopentyloxy, cyclohexyloxy, cyclopropylmethoxy, cyclopentylmethoxy, tetrahydrofuran-3-yloxy, tetrahydropyran-3-yloxy, tetrahydropyran-4-yloxy, tetrahydrofuran-2-ylmethoxy, tetrahydrofuran-3-ylmethoxy or tetrahydropyran-4-yl-methoxy group,    A denotes an imino group,    B denotes a carbonyl group,    C denotes a 1,2-vinylene group,    D denotes a methylene group,    E denotes a 2-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl, 2,5-diaza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl, 5-methyl-2,5-diaza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl, 2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2. 1 ]hept-5-yl, 2-aza-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl, 3-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl, 8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl, 3,8-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl, 8-methyl-3,8-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl, 3,8-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.1 ]oct-8-yl, 3-methyl-3,8-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl, 3-oxa-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl or 8-oxa-3-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl group    and    X denotes a nitrogen atom,    their tautomers, their stereoisomers, their mixtures and their salts.    
     
     
         4 . Bicyclic heterocycles of general formula I according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 R a  denotes a hydrogen atom,    R b  denotes a 3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl group,    R c  denotes a tetrahydrofuran-3-yloxy, cyclopentyloxy or cyclopropylmethoxy group,    A denotes an imino group,    B denotes a carbonyl group,    C denotes a 1,2-vinylene group,    D denotes a methylene group,    E denotes a 2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-yl group, a 3-oxa-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl group or an 8-oxa-3-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl group    and    X denotes a nitrogen atom,    their tautomers, their stereoisomers, their mixtures and their salts.    
     
     
         5 . The following compounds of general formula I according to  claim 1:   (a) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-((1S,4S)-2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1 ]hept-5-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-cyclopropylmethoxy-quinazoline,    (b) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-((1S,4S)-2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-cyclopentyloxy-quinazoline,    (c) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-((1S,4S)-2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-[(S)-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)oxy]-quinazoline,    (d) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-(3-oxa-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-[(S)-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)oxy]-quinazoline,    (e) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-((1R,4R)-2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-[(S)-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)oxy]-quinazoline,    (f) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-(8-oxa-3-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-[(S)-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)oxy]-quinazoline,    (g) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-((1R,4R)-2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-[(R)-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)oxy]-quinazoline and    (h) 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)amino]-6-{[4-((1S,4S)-2-oxa-5-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-yl)-1-oxo-2-buten-1-yl]amino}-7-[(R)-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)oxy]-quinazoline,    and the salts thereof.    
     
     
         6 . Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound according to  claim 1  optionally together with one or more inert carriers and/or diluents.  
     
     
         7 . A physiologically acceptable salt according to  claim 6  with organic or inorganic acids and bases.  
     
     
         8 . Physiologically acceptable salts of the compounds according  claim 1  with inorganic or organic acids or bases.  
     
     
         9 . A method of treating diseases selected from the list consisting of benign or malignant tumours, diseases of the airways and lungs, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, the bile duct and gallbladder, said method comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to  claim 1 .  
     
     
         10 . A method of preventing diseases of the airways and lungs, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, bile duct and gallbladder said method comprised of the steps of administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to  claim 1.