Lilly Industries, Inc.

Graham W Mullier

Peter Thaddeus Gallagher

Terence Alan Hicks

Compounds of the following formula have pharmaceutical properties: ##STR1## in which X is R.sup.1 (HO)C.dbd.C(CN)--, R.sup.1 (CO)--CH(CN)-- or ##STR2## R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, carboxy, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkylthio, halo-substituted C.sub.1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, halo-substituted C.sub.1-4 alkylthio, C.sub.2-5 alkoxycarbonyl, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy, R'R'N- where R' and R' are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl R''CONH-- where R'' is C.sub.1-4 alkyl, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are each C.sub.1-6 alkyl, halo-substituted C.sub.1-6 alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, or R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a cycloalkyl group containing 3 to 7 carbon atoms, or R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a bicycloalkyl group containing 4 to 9 carbon atoms; and salts thereof.

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