Piperazine and piperidine compounds

Abstract

The invention relates to a group of novel piperazine and piperidine derivatives of the formula wherein Y is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl (1-3C), or CN, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, alkoxy(1-3C), amino or mono- or dialkyl(1-3C) substituted amino or hydroxy, X is O, S, SO or SO2, -Z represents —C, ═C or —N, R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen or alkyl (1-3C), Q is benzyl or 2-, 3- or 4-pyridylmethyl, wich groups may be substited with one or more more substituents from the group halogen, nitro, cyano, amino, mono- or di (1-3C)alkylamino, (1-3C) alkoxy, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, (1-4C)-alkyl, (1-3C)alkylsulfonyl or hydroxy,and salts and prodrugs thereof. It has been found that these compounds have interesting pharmacological properties due to a combination of (partial) agonism towards the members of the dopamine D2-receptor subfamily and affinity for relevant serotonin and/or noradrenergic receptors.

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