Recordati S.a. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company

Recordati S.a.

Gabriele Graziani

Dante Nardi

Amedeo Leonardi

Gianni Motta

Alberto Tajana

Pietro Cazzulani

Rodolfo Testa

Silvano Casadio

Giorgio Bianchi

Alberto Catto

Renzo Pennini

N-piperazinylalkanoylanilides of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, each of R and R.sub.1 is H or alkyl, and each of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is H, halogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, aralkoxy, alkylthio, aralkylthio, alkylsulphonyl, alkylsulphenyl, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, alkylamino, acylamino, ureido, alkylureido, alkylsulphonylamino, CF.sub.3, acyl, CN, COOH, alkoxycarbonyl, NH.sub.2 CO, SO.sub.3 H, guanidinosulphonyl, carbamoyloxy, OH, acyloxy, alkylsulphonyloxy, alkylenedioxy or SO.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6 wherein each of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is H, alkyl, aryl or acyl and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, are antihypertensive agents.

Antihypertensive N-piperazinylalkanoylanilides

Novel antihypertensive and coronary dilating asymmetric diesters of 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethylpyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid (or the stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof) have the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ph is phenyl, Ar is 2-nitrophenyl, 3-nitrophenyl, 2,3-dichlorophenyl or benzofurazan-4-yl, A is a straight or branched chain alkylene radical having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R is a straight or branched chain alkyl radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, optionally mono-substituted by an alkoxy substituent having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, hydroxy or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl. The subject diesters are facilely prepared from the aldehydes ArCHO and esters of acetoacetic and 3-aminocrotonic acids.

Antihypertensive diphenylpropyl aminopropyl ester of

Novel antihypertensive and coronary dilating asymmetric diesters of 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid (or the stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof) have the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ph is phenyl, Ar is 2-nitrophenyl, 3-nitrophenyl, 2,3-dichlorophenyl or benzofurazan-4-yl, A is a straight or branched chain alkylene radical having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R is a straight or branched chain alkyl radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, optionally mono-substituted by an alkoxy substituent having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, hydroxy or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl. The subject diesters are facilely prepared from the aldehydes ArCHO and esters of acetoacetic and 3-aminocrotonic acids.

N-(3,3-diphenylpropyl) aminoethyl esters of

Novel 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylates having the structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z is N-methylpiperidinyl, tropinyl or quinuclidinyl, or a group having the structural formula (II): ##STR2## in which n is 0 or 1, R is hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or phenyl, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or hydroxy, and further wherein R, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may together form, with the carbon atoms from which they depend, a cycloalkyl ring having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sub.3 is hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 cannot at the same time all be hydrogen, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are effective smooth muscle relaxants, calcium blockers, anaesthetics and anti-inflammatories.

Certain piperidino-lower-alkylene esters of

The .omega.-[4-(2-pyridyl)-piperazino]-alkanoylanilide compounds having the structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n is 1, 2 or 3, each of R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 is independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, OH, NH.sub.2, CF.sub.3, CN, alkylthio, 1-hydroxyalkyl, alkanoyl, NH.sub.2 CO, NH.sub.2 SO.sub.2, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, benzyloxy, alkanoylamino, NH.sub.2 CONH, 3-phenylureido, 3-alkylureido or alkoxyoxalylamino, R.sub.5 is hydrogen or alkyl, and R.sub.6 is hydrogen or alkoxy, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are effective antianaphylactics, antibronchospastics, antihistaminics, sedatives, analgesics, antiserotonics and blood-pressure-lowering agents.

Therapeutically effective

The novel anthranilic acid derivatives having the structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is chloro or trifluoromethyl and the other is hydrogen, and R is 2-oxo-3-oxolanyl or 2-oxo-3-oxazolidinyl, are effective analgesics and anti-inflammatories.

Analgesically or anti-inflammatory effective 4-quinolyl anthranilic acid

The N-substituted-4-(optionally substituted)-2-, 3- or 4-piperidyl N-(7- or 8-substituted-4-quinolyl)-anthraniloyloxyalkanoates having the structural formula (I): ##STR1## in which R is a straight or branched chain alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; an alkenyl or alkynyl radical having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms; a benzyl, phenethyl, 4-nitrophenethyl or 4-aminophenethyl radical; or a phenacyl, benzoylethyl, .beta.-hydroxyphenethyl or .alpha.-hydroxyphenylpropyl radical, optionally substituted on the phenyl ring by one or more halogen atom, trifluoromethyl, nitro or amino substituents, or an alkyl substituent having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy substituent having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl radical; each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; one of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is a chlorine atom or a trifluoromethyl radical and the other of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such esters; are effective analgesics, anti-inflammatories and antidepressants; are also strong inhibitors of platelet aggregation, and thus too are useful in the treatment of cerebral thrombosis, cerebral and cardiac infarction, and arteriosclerotic disorders.

Therapeutically effective piperidyl

Novel cystine derivatives having the structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is benzyloxycarbonyl or tosyl, and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, are effective expectorants and antitussives, and are also effective for the liquescence of respiratory tract fluids.

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