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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2002
Helmut Prücher, Heppenheim, DE;
Henning Böttcher, Darmstadt, DE;
Karl-August Ackermann, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Rudolf Gottschlich, Reinheim, DE;
Christoph van Amsterdam, Darmstadt, DE;
Christoph Seyfried, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Jürgen Harting, Darmstadt, DE;
Gerd Bartoszyk, Weiterstadt, DE;
Hartmut Greiner, Weiterstadt, DE;
Merck Patent GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R , R and A have the meanings given in claim 1, are potent 5-HT antagonists and are suitable for treating psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, neurological disorders, impaired memory, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa, Pre-Menstrual Syndrome and/or for positively influencing obsessive-compulsive disorders, (OCD).