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Spirofurane derivatives

US5594000A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateJan 14, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D491/10
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Compounds of general formula I, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl C.sub.1-3, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl C.sub.1-6, alkenyl C.sub.3-6 or alkynyl C.sub.3-6, n and m are integers from 1 to 3, provided that n+m=4, and one of X and Y represents CH.sub.2 and the other represents CHR.sup.3, C=CHR.sup.4 or C=NR.sup.5, in which R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13, R.sup.14, R.sup.15, R.sup.16 and R.sup.17 are as defined in the specification, and their salts are useful as pharmaceuticals, in particular as central muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of diseases such as presenile and senile dementia, Huntington's chorea, tardive dyskinesia, hyperkinesia, mania and Tourette Syndrome, and also as analgesic agents for use in the treatment of severe painful conditions such as rheumatism, arthritis, and terminal illness.

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