Lilly Industries, Inc.

Lilly House

David J Steggles

John P Verge

Terrence M Hotten

Jiban Kumar Chakrabarti

Trafford Clarke

A pharmaceutical compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is halo-C.sub.1-10 alkyl, C.sub.1-10 alkylthio, halo-C.sub.1-10 alkylthio or optionally substituted phenylthio, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl, and X is oxygen or sulphur; and salts thereof.

Pharmaceutical compounds

There are described compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.3-6 alkenyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an N-protecting group, n is 2, 3, 4 or 5, and X is oxygen, sulphur or --CH.sub.2 --, provided that when X is --CH.sub.2 -- n is 0; and salts thereof. The compounds in which R.sup.4 is hydrogen have pharmaceutical activity.

N-[4-[.omega.-(4-acyl-3-hydroxyphenoxy)alkoxy]-p

Compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently selected from H, OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, R.sub.4 --CO and halogen, where R.sub.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each independently selected from H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and optionally-substituted phenyl; R.sub.7 is an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, optionally containing a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; p is 0 or 1; and Z is a 1H-tetrazol-5-yl or a --CN group; and salts thereof, may be prepared by reacting a compound of formula. ##STR2## with a compound of formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.7 are as defined in claim 1, in an organic solvent at a temperature in the range of 40.degree.-120.degree. C. in the presence of a base, and reacting the resulting compound with an alkali metal cyanide or thiocyanate, and optionally reacting the resulting compound with a source of azide ions to produce pharmacologically active compounds of formula I wherein Z is 1H-tetrazol-5-yl.

Tetrazolyl compounds and their use as anti allergic agents

These are described compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## or an acid addition salt thereof; in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently represent hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl, halogen, C.sub.1-4 haloalkyl, nitro, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 haloalkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkylthio or phenylsulphonyl; in which R.sup.5 is a group of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.7 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl, R.sup.8 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl and n is 0 or 1, provided that when R.sup.7 is hydrogen n is 0; and in which R.sup.6 is attached to the 1, 2 or 3 position of the triazole ring and is hydrogen, C.sub.1-10 alkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl C.sub.1-4 alkyl, phenyl, benzyl or acyl. These compounds are pharmaceutically active and are especially useful in the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system. They are prepared by reacting an amine of formula R.sup.5 H with a triazolobenzodiazepine intermediate appropriately substituted at the 10-position or by ring-closing the appropriate anilinotriazole.

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David J Steggles