Benzodiazepine carboxamides and pharmaceutical compositions with central nervous system activity

Abstract

There is disclosed a novel heterocyclic compound of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group which may be substituted by alkyl-substituted amino, hydroxy or alkoxy group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a heterocyclic ring together with the nitrogen atom adjacent thereto; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; P.sub.y represents a pyridyl group; B represents a lower alkylene group which may have lower alkyl group as a substituent; Y represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom or --NH-- group; and ring A is either unsubstituted or substituted by halogen atom, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or polyhalo-lower alkyl group. This class of compounds is found to be useful as medicine in human and animal therapy, which act on the central nervous system, for example, muscle relaxants, anticonvulsants, sedatives, minor tranquilizers. There is also disclosed intermediates for the production of said compound.

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