abstract |
A progesterone receptor antagonist of formula (1) wherein R1, and R2 are each, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, and alkynyl; or R1 and R2 are taken together to form a ring and together contain -CH2(CH2)nCH2-, -CH2CH2CMe2CH2CH2-, -O(CH2)pCH2-, O(CH2)qO-, -CH2CH2OCH2CH2-, -CH2CH2NR7CH2CH2-; or R1 and R2 are a double bond, said double bond having two methyl groups bonded to the terminal end, having a cycloalkyl group bonded to the terminal end, having an oxygen bonded to the terminal end, or having a cycloether bonded to the terminal end; R5 is a trisubstituted phenyl ring having structure (z), or R5 is a five or six membered heteroaryl ring containing 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S, SO¿2? and NR?6¿ or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |