Allelix Neuroscience Inc.

Eric A Meade

Stanley Charles Bell

Allen Hopper

Vassil Ilya Ognyanov

Michael De Vivo

Methvin Isaac

Kathleen Da Silva

Abdelmalik Slassi

Described herein are compounds which have the general formula: ##STR1## or a prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof wherein:

Tricylic amino-acid derivatives

Described herein are compounds having the general formula: ##STR1## Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 are independently selected aryl groups, optionally substituted with substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyl, aralkyl, aralkyloxy, halo, NO.sub.2, Ph, CF.sub.3, CN, OH, methylenedioxy, ethylenedioxy, SO.sub.2 NRR', NRR', CO.sub.2 R (where R and R' are independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl) and a second aryl group, which may be substituted as above; wherein any cycloalkyl or aryl substituent is linked to Ar.sub.1 or Ar.sub.2 by a bridging element which may be a single bond, a vinylene group, an ethynylene group, a Z group, a --Z--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- group, a --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Z-- group, or a --Z--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Z-- group, where Z represents an O atom, a S atom, an NH group or an N-alkyl group, and n is an integer from 1 to 4; wherein Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 may be attached to the central atom to which they are connected by a single bond, an alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group; R is H, alkyl or the counter ion for a basic addition salt; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl and benzyl;

Unsaturated amino acid derivatives

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