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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1995
Filed:
May. 03, 1993
Christian Marescaux, Strasbourg, FR;
Raymond Bernasconi, Oberwil, CH;
Markus Schmutz, Schonenbuch, CH;
Wolfgang Frostl, Basel, CH;
Stuart J Mickel, Lausen, CH;
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Abstract
Compounds having GABA.sub.B -antagonistic properties, for example those of formula I ##STR1## wherein one of the radicals R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical, another is hydrogen or, in the case of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2, hydroxy or, in the case of R.sub.1, halogen or, in the case of R.sub.2 together with R.sub.2 ', oxo, and the remaining radical is hydrogen, R.sub.1 ' is hydrogen or halogen, R.sub.2 ' is hydrogen, hydroxy or, together with R.sub.2, is oxo, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen or R.sub.4 is an araliphatic or heteroarylaliphatic radical and R.sub.5 is hydrogen or an aliphatic radical, and R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, cycloaliphatic-aliphatic, araliphatic, heteroarylaliphatic or aromatic radical having at least 2 carbon atoms or, when R.sub.1 is hydrogen or hydroxy, R.sub.2 is an aromatic radical and R.sub.1 ', R.sub.2 ' and R.sub.3 are hydrogen, R is methyl, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, can be used as active ingredients in medicaments for the treatment of epilepsies of the 'petit mal' type. The invention relates also to novel compounds of formula I and processes for the preparation thereof.