Lactamimide inhibitors of gastrointestinal hypersecretion

A method of treating gastric hypersecretion in a patient in need thereof which comprises administering to said patient a gastric hypersecretion inhibitory effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR74## wherein Z is hydrogen or lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;

• n is an integer of from 5 to 11;
• and R is a straight or branched alkyl group of from 8 to 15 carbon atoms;
• or a lower alkoxyalkyl group wherein the alkyl moiety has from 8 to 15 carbon atoms and the alkoxy moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• a phenylalkylene group wherein the alkylene moiety has from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and wherein the phenyl moiety is unsubstituted or substituted in which case the substituents may be attached at the ortho, meta or para-position of the phenyl ring and are chlorine, fluorine, bromine, lower alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, lower alkoxy having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or hydroxy;
• the group ##STR75## wherein A' is a straight or branched alkylene moiety of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or benzyl and is attached to either the 1- or 2-position of the naphthalene ring, and R.sup.18 is hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, trifluoromethyl, an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms which is straight or branched, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or NO.sub.2 ;
• 1- or 2-adamantyl;
• 1- or 2-norbornyl;
• ortho, meta or para-biphenylyl;
• 9-fluorenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted in which case the substituents may be attached to any one of the four available carbon atoms of each aromatic ring and are chlorine, bromine, fluorine, a lower alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a lower alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or NO.sub.2 ;
• dibenzocyclohepten-5-yl;
• the group ##STR76## wherein m is an integer of from 1 to 6, and Y is a cycloalkyl group having from 5 to 7 carbon atoms, a phenyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted in which case the substituents may be attached to the ortho, meta, or para-position of the phenyl ring and are chlorine, fluorine, bromine, a lower alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a lower alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• the group ##STR77## wherein R.sup.2 is phenyl or a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or methyl;
• the group ##STR78## wherein W is a straight or branched divalent alkylene chain having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which is substituted with one phenyl group on any of the 6 carbon atoms with the proviso that the carbon atom adjacent to the exocyclic nitrogen atom must have at least one hydrogen attached to it;
• the group ##STR79## wherein R.sup.5 is --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or --CH=CH--, and R.sup.6 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• the group ##STR80## wherein R.sup.7 is cycloalkyl of from 3 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sup.8 is hydrogen, lower alkoxy of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and p is the integer 1 or 2;
• the group ##STR81## wherein R.sup.9 is hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, CF.sub.3, SCF.sub.3, OCF.sub.3, phenyl, phenoxy or a lower alkoxy group of from 1 to 4 l carbon atoms and q is an integer of from 1 to 3;
• the group ##STR82## wherein R.sup.10 is a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.11 is hydrogen or lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.12 is an alkyl group having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 5 to 14 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenoxy, phenylalkyl wherein the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenylalkoxy wherein the alkoxy moiety has from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, 2,2-diphenylvinyl or fluoren-9-ylidene;
• or the group ##STR83## wherein the phenyl moiety is attached to the ##STR84## moiety through the 1- or 2-position of the phenyl ring, R.sup.13 is a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.14 and R.sup.15 taken together are (--CH.sub.2 --).sub.3, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.3).sub.2, --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 -- or --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --;
• with the proviso that when R is the group ##STR85## Z is hydrogen, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof or individual optical or geometric isomers.

A method of treating intestinal hypersecretion in a patient in need thereof which comprises administering to said patient an intestinal hypersecretion inhibitory effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR86## wherein Z is hydrogen or lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;

• n is an integer of from 5 to 11;
• and
• R is a straight or branched alkyl group of from 8 to 15 carbon atoms;
• or a lower alkoxyalkyl group wherein the alkyl moiety has from 8 to 15 carbon atoms and the alkoxy moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• a phenylalkylene group wherein the alkylene moiety has from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and wherein the phenyl moiety is unsubstituted or substituted in which case the substituents may be attached at the ortho, meta or para-position of the phenyl ring and are chlorine, fluorine, bromine, lower alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, lower alkoxy having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or hydroxy;
• the group ##STR87## wherein A' is a straight or branched alkylene moiety of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or benzyl and is attached to either the 1- or 2-position of the naphthalene ring, and R.sup.18 is hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, trifluoromethyl, an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms which is straight or branched, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or NO.sub.2 ;
• 1- or 2-adamantyl;
• 1- or 2-norbornyl;
• ortho, meta or parabiphenylyl;
• 9-fluorenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted in which case the substituents may be attached to any one of the four available carbon atoms of each aromatic ring and are chlorine, bromine, fluorine, a lower alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a lower alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or NO.sub.2 ;
• dibenzocyclohepten-5-yl;
• the group ##STR88## wherein m is an integer of from 1 to 6, and Y is a cycloalkyl group having from 5 to 7 carbon atoms, a phenyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted in which case the substituents may be attached to the ortho, meta, or para-position of the phenyl ring and are chlorine, fluorine, bromine, a lower alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a lower alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• the group ##STR89## wherein R.sup.2 is phenyl or a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or methyl;
• the group ##STR90## wherein W is a straight or branched divalent alkylene chain having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which is substituted with one phenyl group on any of the 6 carbon atoms with the proviso that the carbon atom adjacent to the exocyclic nitrogen atom must have at least one hydrogen attached to it;
• the group ##STR91## wherein R.sup.5 is --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or --CH=CH--, and R.sup.6 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• the group ##STR92## wherein R.sup.7 is cycloalkyl of from 3 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sup.8 is hydrogen, lower alkoxy of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and p is the integer 1 or 2.
• the group ##STR93## wherein R.sup.9 is hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, CF.sub.3, SCF.sub.3, OCF.sub.3, phenyl, phenoxy or a lower alkoxy group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and q is an integer of from 1 to 3;
• the group ##STR94## wherein R.sup.10 is a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.11 is hydrogen or lower alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.12 is an alkyl group having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 5 to 14 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenoxy, phenylalkyl wherein the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenylalkoxy wherein the alkoxy moiety has from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, 2,2-diphenylvinyl or fluoren-9-ylidene;
• or
• the group ##STR95## wherein the phenyl moiety is attached to the ##STR96## moiety through the 1- or 2-position of the phenyl ring, R.sup.13 is a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.14 and R.sup.15 taken together are (--CH.sub.2 --).sub.3, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --, --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 -- or --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --;
• with the proviso that when R is the group ##STR97## Z is hydrogen, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof or individual optical or geometrical isomers.