Amino and nitro containing tricyclic compounds useful as inhibitors of ACE

Abstract

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is methylene, oxygen, sulfur or N-B wherein B is R.sub.1 or COR.sub.2 wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or an Ar--Z-- group wherein Ar is aryl and Z is a C.sub.0 -C.sub.4 alkyl and R.sub.2 is a --CF.sub.3, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl or an Ar--Z group; R is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; and X and Y are each independently hydrogen, nitro or amino, with the proviso that when X is nitro or amino, Y must be hydrogen, and when Y is nitro or amino, X must be hydrogen; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme.

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