Patent number: 5102891
Abstract: There are disclosed various compounds of the formula below, ##STR1## where n is 0 or 1;X is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, amino, trifluoromethyl, loweralkyl, or loweralkoxy;Y is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, amino, trifluoromethyl, loweralkyl, or loweralkoxy;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, arylloweralkyl, loweralkenyl, loweralkynyl, loweralkanoyl, arylloweralkanoyl, heteroarylloweralkyl or heteroarylloweralkanoyl;R.sub.2 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, formyl or cyano;R.sub.3 is hydrogen or loweralkyl;R.sub.4 is loweralkyl, arylloweralkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; or alternatively, --NR.sub.3 R.sub.4 taken together constitutes ##STR2## R.sub.5 being hydrogen, loweralkyl, aryl, arylloweralkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylloweralkyl,which compounds are useful for the treatment of various memory dysfunctions characterized by a cholinergic deficit such as Alzheimer's disease.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 1990
Date of Patent:
April 7, 1992
Assignee:
Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Inventors:
Richard C. Effland, Larry Davis, Gordon E. Olsen, Joseph T. Klein, David G. Wettlaufer, Peter A. Nemoto