The present invention is concerned with 2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-indoles of general formulawhereinAr1 is phenyl or a five or six membered heteroaryl group, containing one, two or three heteroatoms, selected from N, S or O, wherein the N-
heteroatom in the heteroaryl group may be oxidized to N+—(O−);R1 is lower
alkyl,
halogen, cyano or cycloalkyl;Ar2 is a five or six membered heteroaryl group, containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms, selected from N, S or O, wherein the N-
heteroatom in the heteroaryl group may be oxidized to N+—(O−), or is benzo[b]thiophenyl;R2 is
hydrogen, lower
alkyl,
halogen, cyano, lower
alkyl substituted by hydroxyl, lower alkyl substituted by
halogen, lower alkyl substituted by amino, lower alkyl substituted by alkoxy, lower alkyl substituted by
amide, or is cycloalkyl;X is CH or N;n is 1 or 2;m is 1 or 2;as well as with a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with a
racemic mixture, or with its corresponding
enantiomer and / or optical isomer and / or stereoisomer thereofThe compounds may be used in the treatment of CNS diseases related to positive (
psychosis) and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia,
substance abuse,
alcohol and
drug addiction, obsessive-
compulsive disorders,
cognitive impairment, bipolar disorders,
mood disorders, major depression,
treatment resistant depression,
anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's
disease,
autism, Parkinson's
disease,
chronic pain, borderline personality disorder, neurodegenerative
disease, sleep disturbances,
chronic fatigue syndrome, stiffness, inflammatory disease,
asthma, Huntington's disease, ADHD,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
epilepsy, effects in
arthritis,
autoimmune disease, viral and fungal infections, cardiovascular diseases,
ophthalmology and inflammatory
retinal diseases and
balance problems.