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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1979
Heinz Bender, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Rudi Beyerle, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Steffen Piesch, Oberursel, DE;
Piero A Martorana, Bad Homburg von der Hohe, DE;
Cassella Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main-Fechenheim, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to new, pharmacologically-valuable antidepressants, which are 2,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1H-pyrazino-[3,2,1-jk]-carbazoles substituted in the 8-position and having the formula I ##STR1## wherein R stands for an alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom, and a method for making them by reacting with ammonia a 6,9-disubstituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazol-1-one of the formula II ##STR2## wherein X denotes a bromine, chlorine or iodine atom or a radical of the formula --O--SO.sub.2 --R', and R' is an alkyl radical having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, phenyl or tolyl.