Patent number: 4155874
Abstract: A new group of compounds, generically classed as phenothiazinyl sulfides, are described having the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is 1 or 2, x and/or y and/or z represent 0, 1 or 2; R.sub.1 may be H, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, acyl, haloacyl and biologically activating aminoalkyl groups known in the medicinal arts, such as --(CH.sub.2).sub.3 --N(CH.sub.3).sub.2, ##STR2## and -[2-(1-methyl-2-piperidyl)ethyl]; and R.sub.2 and/or R.sub.3 and/or R.sub.4 and/or R.sub.5 and/or R.sub.6 and/or R.sub.7 represent H, OH, Cl, Br, F, CF.sub.3, SH, NO.sub.2, CN, COOH, alkyl, alkoxy, sulfamoyl, dimethylsulfamoyl, dimethyl amino, aryl, alkaryl, acyl, aryloxy, methyl sulfonyl, methyl thio, and -S-phenothiazinyl substitutents; and as charge-transfer complexes of iodine therewith in which the number of moles of iodine associated with the molecule equals 1.5 (range 0.75 to 3.0) times the number of phenothiazinyl groups in the molecule.Methods for the preparation of the compounds are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 1977
Date of Patent:
May 22, 1979
Assignee:
West Laboratories, Inc.
Inventors:
Edward A. Nodiff, Abraham Cantor