Abstract: The .beta.-oxo-.beta.-benzenepropanethioamide derivative of the present invention has potassium channel opening action and is useful for treatment of hypertension, asthma, hypersensitive colon syndrome, and enteritis through pharmacological actions including blood vessel dilation, bronchial tract dilation, relaxation of gastrointestinal tract smooth muscle, and the like. The present invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition containing, as the active ingredient, the compound of the present invention and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: The .beta.-oxo-.beta.-benzenepropanethioamide derivative of the present invention has potassium channel opening action and is useful for treatment of hypertension, asthma, hypersensitive colon syndrome, and enteritis through pharmacological actions including blood vessel dilation, bronchial tract dilation, relaxation of gastrointestinal tract smooth muscle, and the like. The present invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition containing, as the active ingredient, the compound of the present invention and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are antihypertensive pharmaceutical compositions and compounds which include the thiocarbamoylacetonitrile having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, a C.sub.3 to C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --A (where A is selected from the group consisting of a C.sub.6 to C.sub.12 aryl, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group or a fused heterocyclic group constituted by 9 or 10 atoms, each of which may be substituted by at least one substitute group selected from a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl and a halogen and n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 6),R.sup.2 represents a C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl, and Ar represents an aryl, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group or a fused heterocyclic group, each of which may be substituted by at least one substituent group selected from the group consisting of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkoxy, a C.sub.2 to C.sub.7 alkylcarbonyl, a C.sub.7 to C.sub.

Abstract: A process for preparing cotarnine is provided which comprises oxidizing the amino group of a tetrahydroisoquinoline compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## to convert said compound into a dihydroisoquinolinium salt represented by the following formula (II): ##STR2## wherein A.sup.- represents an anion, and then hydrolyzing said dihydroisoquinolinium salt.

Abstract: There is provided a novel benzylamine derivative of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a tosyl group, and Y represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or ##STR2## in which R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 being identical or different from each other represent independently a lower alkyl group.

Abstract: A tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative represented by formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or methyl and X.sup.1, X.sup.2, Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 are defined as follows:(1) X.sup.1 represents --OH, ##STR2## or OR.sup.2 wherein R.sup.2 represents lower alkyl when X.sup.2, Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 represent hydrogen(2) X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 together form oxo (.dbd.O), when Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 represent hydrogen or(3) Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 together form oxo (.dbd.O), when X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 represent hydrogen which is useful as an intermediate in preparation of Cotarnine.