Novel aminoalkylthiodibenzoxepins, physiologically tolerable acid addition salts thereof, a method of preparing same, pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations including same and methods of treating by administering same are disclosed. These compounds are useful as analgesic, antidepressant and anticonvulsant agents. A process for selectively reducing olefins by alkaline earth metals in loweralkanols is also disclosed.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 738,507 filed May 28, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,837,227, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 330,257 filed Dec. 14, 1981 now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 226,045 filed Jan. 19, 1981, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 029,462 filed Apr. 12, 1979, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 860,083 filed Dec. 13, 1977, now abandoned.