Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Shigenari Katayama

Hisao Yamamoto

Isamu Maruyama

Kikuo Sasajima

Masaru Nakao

Shigeho Inaba

Keiichi Ono

Junki Katsube

Michihiro Yamamoto

Masao Koshiba

Masaharu Takayama

Yoshihiro Tanaka

2(1H)-Quinazolinone and quinazolinethione derivatives having excellent pharmacological activities are produced in high yield with high purity by heating the corresponding 3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinazolinone or quinazolinethione derivatives together with sulfur in an inert solvent.

Process for preparing 2(1H)-quinazolinone derivatives

3,4-Dihydro-2(1H)-quinazolinones and quniazolinethiones such as 1-cyclopropylmethyl-4-phenyl-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinazolinone and its thione derivative, are prepared in high yield with high purity by heating the corresponding arylurea or thiourea such as N-cyclopropylmethyl-N-(p-methoxyphenyl) urea or its thiourea derivative, with the corresponding aldehyde such as benzaldehyde in the presence of hydrobromic acid in an inert solvent.

Process for preparing 3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinazolinone derivatives

Novel .gamma.-piperidinobutyrophenone derivatives of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is halogen, amino, alkanoylamino, alkylamino or N-(alkanoyl)alkylamino;

.gamma.-Piperidinobutyrophenones

Acylhydrazone compounds having excellent pyschotropic activity which are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Z is selected from the groups having the formulas: ##STR2## wherein n is an integer of from 0 to 2 and R.sup.1 -R.sup.12 are as defined hereinbelow.

Acylhydrazones and anti-psychotic compositions thereof

3,4-Dihydro-2(1H)-quinazolinone derivatives of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkylthio or lower alkoxy, or, when taken together, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may form methylenedioxy; R.sub.3 is polyhalo-lower alkyl; R.sub.4 is phenyl, halophenyl, lower alkoxyphenyl, lower alkylphenyl or thienyl; and X is oxygen or sulfur, which are known to be very useful intermediates for the preparation of anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents, are obtained in a high yield by reacting a compound of the formula, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and X are as defined above, with a compound of the formula,

Process for preparing 1-polyhaloalkyl-3,4-dihydro-2-(1H)-quinazolinones

Novel olefinic aryl ketone compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or halogen, and X is a group of the formula: ##STR2## and their non-toxic salts, which possess various useful pharmacological activities and can be produced by reaction of an acetylenic alcohol of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each as defined above with formaldehyde and an piperidine compound of the formula: , or its non-toxic salt; reduction of the resultant acetylenic aryl alcohol; and oxidation of the resultant olefinic aryl alcohol.

Aryl ketones and production thereof

Novel olefinic aryl ketone compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1.sub.-4 alkyl, or C.sub.1.sub.-4 alkoxy, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or halogen, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1.sub.-4 alkyl or trifluoromethyl, and their non-toxic salts, which possess various useful pharmacological activities and can be produced by reaction of an acetylenic alcohol of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each as defined above, with formaldehyde and an amine of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each as defined above; reduction of the resultant acetylenic aryl alcohol; and oxidation of the resultant olefinic aryl alcohol.

Novel butyrophenone derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydroxyl group or ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are each a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group or, when taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, may form a heterocyclic group), R.sub.2 represents an optionally substituted phenyl group or ##STR3## (wherein R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 are each a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group or, when taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, may form a heterocyclic group), R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an optionally substituted phenyl group, R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a trifluoromethyl group, R.sub.10 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group represented by R.sub.3 CO- (wherein R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an optionally substituted phenyl group) and Z represents two hydrogen atoms or an oxygen atom, provided that when Z is an oxygen atom and R.sub.1 is ##STR4## R.sub.10 can not be a hydrogen atom, and their acid addition salts, which are useful as central and autonomic nervous system depressants.

Butyrophenone derivatives

Novel 4-amino-1-butanol derivatives having excellent depressant activity on central nervous system. A preferred compound of the disclosure is 4-[2-(2-alkoxyphenoxy)ethylamino]-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-butanol and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

Aminoalcohols

Novel phenoxyethylamine derivatives of the formula: ##SPC1## Wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, R.sub.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy and R is alkyl or aralkyl, and non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful as central nervous system depressants and anti-hypertensive agents and can be prepared by reducing a compound of the formula: ##SPC2## Wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R are each as defined above and A is ##EQU1## (wherein R.sub.3 is as defined above) with a reducing agent.

Phenoxyethylamine derivatives having central nervous system depressant

A process for producing butyrophenone derivatives of the formula: ##EQU1## which comprises reacting a compound of the formula: ##SPC1## With an amine of the formula

Butyrophenone derivatives and production thereof

Butyrophenone derivatives having excellent psychotropic activity and represented by the formula, ##SPC1## Wherein A represents a single or double bond linkage; R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkyl group; R.sub.2, which is present only in case A represents a single bond linkage, represents a hydrogen atom, or a hydroxyl, C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkyl, or C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkoxy group; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a piperidino, pyrrolidino, morpholino, furyl, thienyl, C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkylamino, benzylamino, unsubstituted or halogen-substituted phenyl group, etc.; and X represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkoxy, or trifluoromethyl group, can be prepared by reducing a benzoylpropionamide derivative of the formula, ##SPC2## Wherein A, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and X have the same meanings as defined above, to a phenylbutanol derivative of the formula, ##SPC3##

Phenylbutanol derivatives

Central nervous system active butyrophenone derivatives in which .gamma. -piperazinobutyrophenone derivatives of the formula, ##SPC1## Wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, amino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkanoylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino or N-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl)(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkanoyl) amino; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or halogen; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or trifluoromethyl; and m is 0, 1 or 2, and acid addition salts thereof, can be prepared by reacting an indole derivative of the formula, ##SPC2## Wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and m are the same as defined above, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl respectively, with an oxidizing agent to yield an o-alkanoylamino-.gamma.-piperazinobutyrophenone derivative of the formula, ##SPC3## Wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and m are the same as defined above, and further, if necessary, hydrolyzing the product to yield an o-amino-.gamma.-piperazinobutyrophenone derivative of the formula, ##SPC4## Wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.5 and m are the same as defined above, and further diazotizing, if desired, in case R.sup.5 is hydrogen, the obtained o-amino-.gamma.-piperazinobutyrophenone derivative and subsequently decomposing the resultant diazonium compound to replace the diazonium group by hydrogen. Among the butyrophenone derivatives thus obtained, those in which R.sup.1 is amino, alkanoylamino, alkylamino or N-alkylalkanoylamino and those in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen and R.sup.2 is halogen substituted at meta-position to carbonyl group are novel compounds.

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