Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd.

Nisshin Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Toshio Suguro

Haruhiko Kikuchi

Hiroaki Satoh

Koichiro Hagihara

Makoto Yanai

Setsuko Mino

Toru Hayakawa

Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## in which A is ##STR2## The compounds are selective antagonists of 5HT at 5-HT.sub.3 receptors and useful in the treatment of psychotic disorders, neurotic diseases, gastric stasis symptoms, gastrointestinal disorders, nausea and vomiting.

Piperidine derivatives

Disclosed are compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, benzyl or an indolyl carbonyl group, R.sub.2 is a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 8-membered heterocyclic group containing as a hetero atom one or more nitrogen atoms, the heterocyclic group is optionally substituted at an N or C atom by a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or aralkyl group, n is an integer of 1 to 5 and one or more hydrogen atoms, in an alkylene chain --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- are optionally substituted by a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, phenyl and/or hydroxyl group, physiologically acceptable salts and quaternary ammonium salts thereof. The compounds are selective antagonists of 5-HT.sub.3 receptors and are useful in the treatment of psychotic disorders, neurotic diseases, gastric stasis symptoms, gastrointestinal disorders, nausea and vomiting.

Indole derivatives

An improved process for the preparation of 5-(2-chlorobenzyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridine and acid addition salts thereof, which are useful as a medicine. This process comprises effecting reaction between 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridine and 2-chlorobenzyl halide in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst.

Process for preparing 5-(2-chlorobenzyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno

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