BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL IN TREATING A RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION

Benzodiazepine derivatives of formula (Ie) wherein one R1 and R2 is a benzodiazepinyl-containing group of formula (II) in which R8 is H or halo; the other of R1 and R2 is a group Z selected from H, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, halo, -NHR9, benzyl, phenyl, 4- to 10-membered heterocyclyl and 4- to 10-membered heteroaryl, wherein phenyl, heterocyclyl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents selected from 4- to 10-membered heterocyclyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by OR, and from C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 hydroxyalkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, halo, -OR, -(CH2)mOR, -NR2, -(CH2)mNR2, -NHR″, -SOmNR2, -SOmR, -SR, nitro, -CO2R, -CN, -CONR2, -NHCOR, -CH2NR10R11 and -NR10R11, in which each R is independently H or C1-C6 alkyl, R″ is C3-C6 cycloalkyl and m is 1 or 2; R9 is selected from phenyl and 4- to 10-membered heteroaryl wherein phenyl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted by halo; R10 and R11 are each independently H or C1-C6 alkyl; or R10 and R11 form, together with the N atom to which they are attached, either (a) a morpholine ring which is optionally bridged by a -CH2- group linking two ring carbon atoms that are positioned para to each other, or (b) a spiro group of the following formula (b): and ring A is a ring of one of the following structural formulae (I-1), (I-2) and (I-3): and ring A is a ring of one of the following structural formulae (I-1), (I-2) and (I-3): in which Y is selected from O, S, SO2 and NR, wherein R is as defined above, and each of R2 to R7 is independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 hydroxyalkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, halo, -OR, -CH2OR, -NR2, -CH2NR12R13, -NRCOOR, -CH2OR, -SOmNR2, -SOmR, -CH2SOmR, nitro, -CO2R, -CN, -CONR2 or -NHCOR, in which R and m are as defined above and R12 and R13 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, benzyl, 4- to 10-membered heterocyclyl or R2 and R13 form, together with the N atom to which they are attached, a 4- to 10-membered heteroaryl which is unsubstituted or a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with C1-C6 alkyl or halo, or any two of R2 to R7 that bond to the same carbon atom form a spiro ring selected from a C3-C6 cycloalkyl spiro ring and a spiro oxetane ring of the following structure: (Formula A) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are inhibitors of RSV and can therefore be used to treat or prevent an RSV infection.