Aminocarboxylic acids, amino alcohols, or the derivatives thereof,

Abstract

A compound represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; X.sup.1 represents an alkylene group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a 1,4-cyclohexylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group, the alkylene group may be substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the 1,4-phenylene group may be substituted by 1 or 2 substituents selected from halogen atoms and alkoxy groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group and R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together may form an oxo group (.dbd.O), and when X.sup.1 is other than the 1,4-phenylene group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom and R.sup.3 represents a bond between the carbon atoms to which R.sup.3 is bonded and that carbon atom of X.sup.1 which is adjacent to said carbon atom; X.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an amino group; and R.sup.4 represents the group --COOR.sup.5, --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.6 or --CONR.sup.7 R.sup.8 in which R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.7 and R are identical or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or taken together may form a 5- or 6-membered ring; or an acid addition salts of said compound wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or X.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having an amino group, or salts of said compound wherein R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom. The compounds represented by the above formula or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful as anti-ulcer agents. The present invention also provides a process for producing the compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which comprises acylating a protected derivative at the amino group of a corresponding acid halide with a corresponding substituted benzene in the presence of a Lewis acid; or reducing a corresponding compound in the presence of an inert solvent under conditions which induce reduction of the carbonyl group of said corresponding compound without substantially reducing the phenylene group of said corresponding compound; or dehydrating a corresponding compound.