Substituted 9,10-anthracenebishydrazones

A compound selected from the group consisting of those of the formula:

• ##STR14## wherein Z is a trivalent moiety selected from the group consisting of those of the formulae:
• ##STR15## wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and R is hydrogen, alkyl having up to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl;
• R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl having up to 4 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having up to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl and monovalent moieties of the formulae:
• ##STR16## wherein m is 2, 3, 4 or 5, p is 1, 2 or 3, q is 0, 1 or 2, R' is hydrogen or alkyl having up to 4 carbon atoms, R" is hydrogen or alkyl having up to 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.7 is alkyl having up to 4 carbon atoms, amino, anilino, hydrazino, monohydroxyalkylamino having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and wherein the carbon atom alpha to the nitrogen atom may not bear an hydroxy group, alkylamino having up to 4 carbon atoms, dialkylamino wherein each alkyl group has up to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkylamino having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, benzylamino, .alpha.-phenethylamino, .beta.-phenethylamino, 2-furfurylamino, 3-furfurylamino, .alpha.-thenylamino, .beta.-thenylamino, .alpha.-pyridylmethylamino, .beta.-pyridylmethylamino, .gamma.-pyridylmethylamino, indanylamino, pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino, thiomorpholino, N-methylpiperazino, alkoxy having up to 4 carbon atoms, alkylthio having up to 4 carbon atoms or a moiety of the formula:
• ##STR17## wherein m, R.sub.1, R' and R" are as hereinbefore defined and the moiety --NR'R" may be pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino or N-methylpiperazino, X is oxo (O.dbd.), thioxo (S.dbd.) or imino (R'--N.dbd. wherein R' is as hereinbefore defined) and Y is oxy (--O--), thio (--S--), methylene (--CH.sub.2 --) or a divalent group of the formula:
• ##STR18## wherein R.sub.8 is alkyl having up to 4 carbon atoms or monohydroxyalkyl having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and wherein the carbon atom alpha to the nitrogen atom may not bear an hydroxy group;
• and R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen (F, Cl, Br, I), hydroxy, nitro, amino, sulfonamido, alkyl having up to 3 carbon atoms and alkoxy having up to 3 carbon atoms;
• and the pharmacologically acceptable acid-addition and quaternary ammonium salts thereof.