Indole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders

US5206382A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• FIDIA - Georgetown Institute for the Neuro-Sciences · US

Inventors

• Erminio Costa · Chicago, US
• Alessandro Guidotti · Washington, US
• Alan P. Kozikowski · Princeton, US
• Dawei Ma · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 1991
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1993
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D487/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently is selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 straight or branched alkyl, aryl or lower alkyl-substituted aryl; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be joined to form a 4-to 6-membered saturated or unsaturated ring or a 4-to 6-membered saturated or unsaturated lower alkyl-substituted ring; R.sub.3 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 straight or branched alkyl, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, N.sub.3, CN, halogen, CO.sub.2 R, OR, or SR wherein R is H or lower alkyl; R.sub.4 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 straight or branched alkyl, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, N.sub.3, CN, halogen, CO.sub.2 R, OR, or SR wherein R is H or lower alkyl; A is nothing or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkylene to form a ring; Z is 0, NH, S or --CH.dbd.CH--; and n is an integer of 1-3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds are useful in compositions and methods for treating psychiatric and neurological disorders.