ARYL ALKENAMIDES DERIVATIVES AS MCP-1 ANTAGONISTS

Aryl alkenamides derivatives of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are novel MCP-1 antagonists and are thus useful in the treatment of inflammation, atherosclerosis, restenosis, and immune disorders such as arthritis and transplant rejection 1 V=O, S, NH or a bond; Ar can be unsubstituted or substituted benzimidazole, phenyl, biphenyl, pyridyl, naphthyl, quinoline, isoquinoline or indole; n=2-6; m=1-3; X=O (oxygen), S (sulfur), CH 2 , NH or H 2 ; R 1 and R 2 can independently be hydrogen, lower alkyl of from 1-4 carbon atoms, -(CH 2 ) n OR 6 , -(CH 2 ) n NR 3 R 4 , -(CH 2 ) n ′CONR 3 R 4 , -(CH 2 ) n ′COOR 6 , -(CH 2 ) r Ar′, where n′=0-6 r=0-4 R 3 and R 4 can independently be hydrogen, lower alkyl of from 1-4 carbon atoms, -(CH 2 ) n OR 6 , or -(CH 2 ) m -Ar′, which can be unsubstituted or substituted with up to 3 substitutents, where "Ar′" is phenyl, pyridyl, or indole; R 3 and R 4 may also be taken together to form a cyclic ring of 3-8 atoms which may also contain oxygen or the group NR 5 where R 5 can be hydrogen, lower alkyl of from 1-4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of from 5-12 carbon atoms, or -(CH 2 ) m -Phenyl, which can be unsubstituted or substituted with up to 3 substitutents; R 6 can be hydrogen, lower alkyl or (CH 2 ) m -Phenyl; m=1-3; R 1 and R 2 may be also taken together to form a ring of 3-8 atoms which may also contain oxygen or the group NR 5 , which ring may be substituted on one or more carbon atoms with the group NR 3 R 4 ; the subtituents are defined as: halogen, nitro, CF 3 , alkyl of from 1-12 carbon atoms; -(CH 2 ) r OR 6 -(CH 2 ) r NR 3 R 4 -(CH 2 ) r CONR 3 R 4 -(CH 2 ) r C(O)OR 6 or -(CH 2 ) r SO 2 -OR 6 ; R 7 , R 8 , R 9 and R 10 can each independently be hydrogen, lower alkyl or aryl; and R 7 and R 8 or R 9 and R 10 or X or R 2 when taken together can form a 5-7 membered ring including cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, or heteroaryl containing nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur.