Carbostyril derivatives and pharmaceutical preparations containing same

Abstract

Carbostyril derivatives having antihistaminic action and central nervous controlling action are useful as antihistaminic agents or central nervous controlling agents. The derivatives are represented by the general formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenylalkyl group, an alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkanoyloxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyloxy group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.5 is a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, a phenyl group (which may have 1 to 3 substituted groups selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and alkoxy groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (having one substituted group such as a hydroxy group, a phenyl group or an alkanoyloxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), an alkanoyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or benzoyl group; X is a halogen atom; n is 0, or an integer of 1 or 2; Q is an integer of 2 or 3, l and m are respectively an integer of 0 to 1-6, but the sum of l and m should not exceed 6; the carbon-carbon bond at the 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or double bond and; the substituted position of the side chain of ##STR2## is any one of the 4-, 5-, 6-, 7- or 8-positions.