Dithienyl beta-haloethyl carbinols

Abstract

There are prepared compounds of the formula ##STR1## where >A--B-- has either the structure >C(OH)--CH.sub.2 -- or the structure >C.dbd.CH, Alk is a straight or branched chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkylene group and Y is a C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl group, a benzyl group, a methylenedioxybenzyl group, a benzyl group having one, two or three C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy group substituents, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group substituted by an amino group, a di C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylamino group, a mono C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-amino group, a morpholino group, a piperazino group or a 4-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl)-piperazino group, or Y is ##STR2## where R is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group and T is hydrogen or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkanoyl group or where --NHY is ##STR3## where R' is hydrogen, phenyl, phenyl substituted once or twice by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl groups, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy group or by halogen atoms, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -hydroxyalkyl group or a phenalkyl group whose alkyl portion consists of 1-4 carbon atoms or such a phenalkyl group containing 1 to 3 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy group substituents or when Alk has 2 to 5 carbon atoms the group --NHY is a di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylamino group or the group --NH--CH(R)--CH(OH)--C.sub.6 H.sub.5 and salts thereof. The compounds are effective in improving peripheral and cerebral circulation. There are also produced intermediate compounds of formula (II) where NHY is replaced by chlorine, bromine or iodine.