Compounds of general formula I: ##STR1## wherein: X represents oxygen or sulphur; R.sup.1 represents loweralkyl; R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, halo, 4,5-benzo, loweralkoxy, amino, methylamino or dimethylamino; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or loweralkyl; and n is 1 or 2 and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts have anxiolytic activity. In particular, they have activity against anxiety induced by the withdrawal from ingested substances such as narcotics (e.g. cocaine), alcohol and nicotine.
The invention relates to the use of compounds which act as antagonists of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) at 5-HT.sub.3 receptors for the relief or prevention of a withdrawal syndrome resulting from addiction to a drug or substance of abuse and/or for the suppression of dependence on drugs or substances of abuse.
This invention provides novel 2-substituted-3-quinuclidinyl arylcarboxamides and arylthiocarboxamides and corresponding arylcarboxylates which have utility as therapeutic agents which exhibit gastric prokinetic, antiemetic, anxiolytic and 5-HT (serotonin) antagonist effects in warm blooded animals. Illustrative of an invention compound is 5-chloro-2-methoxy-4-(methylamino)-N-[2-(1-piperidinylmethyl)-1-azabicyclo [2.2.2]oct-3-yl]benzamide: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Certain novel substituted quinuclidine compounds having the ability to antagonize substance P and having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are each, independently, thienyl, phenyl, fluorophenyl, chlorophenyl or bromophenyl; X is --CONR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.3, --CH.sub.2 NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 or --CONR.sup.3 OR.sup.4 ; R.sup.1, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each, independently, hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Y is alkylsulfonyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, N-alkyl-N-alkanoylamino (which may be substituted by halogen in the alkanoyl moiety) having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl and the alkanoyl moieties, N-alkyl-N-alkylsulfonylamino (which may be substituted by halogen in the alkylsulfonyl moiety) having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl and the alkyl sulfonyl moieties, alkenyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, alkynyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, halosubstituted alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkylamino having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkanoylamino (which may be substituted by halogen) having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkylsulfonylamino (which may be substituted by halogen) having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. These compounds are useful in the treatment gastrointestinal or central nervous system disorders and the alleviation of inflammatory diseases, asthma, pain and migraine in mammals and as the active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for treating such conditions.
The invention relates to the use of compounds which act as antagonists of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) at 5-HT.sub.3 receptors for the relief or prevention of a withdrawal syndrome resulting from addiction to a drug or substance of abuse and/or for the suppression of dependence on drugs or substances of abuse.
Compounds of general formula I ##STR1## wherein: X represents oxygen or sulphur; each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 independently represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group; Ar represents: a phenyl ring optionally substituted by one, two or three C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy groups and/or by one or two halogen atoms; a phenyl ring of the general formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 represents halogen, 4,5-benzo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylcarbonyl or Am, wherein Am represents amino, methylamino or dimethylamino, R.sup.4 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, n is 1 or 2; or a pyrimidinyl moiety of the general formula ##STR3## wherein R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; and their N-oxides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful as antischizophrenic and/or antipsychotic agents. A preferred compound is S(-)-4-amino-N-(1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)-5-chloro-2-methoxybenzamide.
