IMIDAZOLYL-CYCLIC ACETALS, INTERMEDIATE COMPOUNDS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND TREATMENT METHOD Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: organic chemistry, medicine, pharmacy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to new imidazolyl-cyclic acetals of the formula (I) wherein R¹ means optionally substituted 4-pyridyl or optionally substituted 4-pyrimidinyl; R² means phenyl substituted with halogen atom; R³ means hydrogen atom; R⁴ means group -L³-R¹⁴; R⁵ means hydrogen atom, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; or R⁴ and R⁵ bound with a common carbon atom can form with indicated carbon atom cycloalkyl nucleus or group C= CH₂; R⁶ means hydrogen atom or alkyl; m = 1; L³ and R¹⁴ have values given in the description. Invention relates to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates (for examples, to hydrates) that elicit inhibitory activity with respect to TNF-alpha (tumor necrosis factor-alpha) and to intermediate compounds, pharmaceutical composition and to method for treatment. Invention provides preparing new compounds used in producing medicinal agents for treatment of state that can be improved by administration of TNF-alpha inhibitor, namely, for treatment of asthma or inflammation of articulations. EFFECT: improved treatment method, valuable medicinal properties of compounds. 24 cl, 14 tbl, 40 ex