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Barry Cox

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Thomas P Blackburn

Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A stands for the radical --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 -- which may bear one or two defined substituents; R.sup.1 stands for a (3-4C) alkyl or cyclopropyl radical, or a phenyl radical which may optionally bear one or two defined substituents, or a heteroaryl radical of five or six ring atoms which may optionally bear a (1-3C)alkyl substituent; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 stand for hydrogen or a (1-2C)alkyl radical, or R.sup.2 stands for a (2-4C)alkylene radical which is linked to one of the carbon atoms forming the two-carbon-atom-backbone of A so as to form, together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, a pyrrolidinyl or piperidyl radical; and one of R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 stands for hydrogen, and the other stands for hydrogen, a halogen atom or a (1-3C)alkyl or (1-3C)alkoxy radical; and acid-addition salts thereof. Processes for the manufacture of said compounds. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one of said compounds and a pharmaceutical diluent or carrier. The compounds are 5-hydroxytryptamine antagonists.

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