Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is methyl or R.sub.1 R.sub.1 is oxygen; R.sub.2 is alkyl or halogen substituted phenyl alkyl; and R.sub.3 is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkenyl or loweralkynyl. The compounds of this invention are useful as analgesics and tranquilizers.

Novel heterocyclic esters of benzopyranopyridines represented by the formula ##SPC1## Wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkanoyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkanoyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, halo-loweralkenyl, phenyl-lower alkyl, phenyl-lower alkenyl or phenyl-lower alkynyl; R.sub.2 is lower alkyl; R.sub.3 is an alkyl having one to twenty carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, Y is a straight or branched chain alkylene having one to eight carbon atoms, and R....

Novel thienobenzopyran and thiopyranobenzopyran esters represented by the formula ##SPC1## Wherein n is 0 to 3 and m is 0 to 3 and m + n = 2 or 3, R.sub.1 is lower alkyl, R.sub.2 is alkyl or cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, R.sub.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sub.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, and R.sub.3 is ##EQU1## wherein Y is a straight or branched chain C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkylene, R.sub.6 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, a is an integer from 1 to 4, b is an integer from 1 to 4, X is CH.sub.2, O, S or...

Novel heterocyclic esters of benzopyranopyridines represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkanoyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkanoyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, halo-loweralkenyl, phenyl-lower alkyl, phenyl-lower alkenyl or phenyl-lower alkynyl; R.sub.2 is lower alkyl; R.sub.3 is an alkyl having one to twenty carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, Y is a straight or branched chain alkylene having one to eight carbon atoms, and R....

Heterocyclic esters of 1,4-ethano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-b]pyridines and 1,4-ethano-1,2,3,4,13,14-hexahydro-5H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-b]pyridines. The esters have the formulas ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 is lower alkyl, R.sub.3 is an alkyl having one to twenty carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl or a phenyl-lower alkyl, Y is a straight or branched chain alkylene having one to eight carbon atoms, and R.sub.4 is a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein a is an integer from 1 to 4, b i...

Novel thienobenzopyran and thiopyranobenzopyran esters represented by the formula ##SPC1## Wherein n is 0 to 3 and m is 0 to 3 and m + n = 2 or 3, R.sub.1 is lower alkyl, R.sub.2 is alkyl or cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, R.sub.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sub.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, and R.sub.3 is ##EQU1## wherein Y is a straight or branched chain C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkylene, R.sub.6 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, a is an integer from 1 to 4, b is an integer from 1 to 4, X is CH.sub.2, O, S or...

This invention relates to novel esters of benzopyrans represented by the formulae ##SPC1## Wherein R and R' are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and when alkyl are on the same or different carbons; R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, lowercycloalkyloweralkyl or lowercycloalkyl; n is an integer from 3 to 7, and particularly 3 to 5; Y is a straight or branched chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkylene; and R.sub.3 is ##EQU1## WHEREIN A IS AN INTEGER FROM 1 TO 4, B IS AN ...

Heterocyclic esters of 1,4-ethano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-b]pyridines and 1,4-ethano-1,2,3,4,13,14-hexahydro-5H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-b]pyridines. The esters have the formulas ##SPC1## Wherein R.sub.2 is lower alkyl, R.sub.3 is an alkyl having one to twenty carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl or a phenyl-lower alkyl, Y is a straight or branched chain alkylene having one to eight carbon atoms, and R.sub.4 is a group of the formula ##EQU1## wherein a is an integer from 1 to 4, b i...

A method of inducing and maintaining sleep in a mammalian patient in need of such treatment comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of 5,5-dimethyl-10-hydroxy-8-(3-methyl-2-octyl)-2-(2-propynyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrah ydro-5H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-d]pyridine to said patient.