Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Limited

Hideyuki Takenaga

Kimiaki Hayashi

Ichizo Inoue

Yasuhiko Ozaki

Kenji Yamada

A thiophene derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are a lower alkyl group, Ring A is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group and p is an integer of 1 to 3, or a salt thereof and processes for preparing the same are disclosed. The thiophene derivative (I) is useful as the regulator of gastrointestinal tract motility.

Thiophene derivative and process for preparing the same

A thiophen derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are a lower alkyl group, Ring A is phenyl, a lower alkylenedioxy-substituted phenyl, a phenyl group having 1 to 3 substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of a lower alkyl group, a lower alkylthio group, a lower alkoxy group, a phenyl-lower alkoxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a halogen atom, amino group and hydroxy group, X is --OCO--, --O-- or --S--, m and n are an integer of zero or 1, and p and q are an integer of zero, 1 or 2, or a salt thereof.

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