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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dean R Bender, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Sandor Karady, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Theresa Rothauser, Clark, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
546 72 ; 546203 ; 548528 ; 568323 ; 568326 ; 568808 ; 564151 ; 564300 ; 564308 ; 564310 ; 260349 ;
Abstract
(+)-5-Methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]-cyclohepten-5,10-imine, and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts is useful as an anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant and in the treatment of mixed anxiety-depression, minimal brain dysfunction and extrapyramidal disorders such as Parkinson's disease. The racemate of the compound is produced by a four-step synthetic process in about 65% yield from 5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-one.