Aminomethyl-2,3,8,9-tetrahydro-7H-1,4-dioxino-›2,3-e!-indol-8-ones and derivatives

A method for treatment of diseases of brain dopamine dysregulation, which comprises administering, orally or parenterally, to a subject suffering from such a disorder of the dopaminergic system, an amount of a compound of formula I ##STR12## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl;

• or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, taken together, are benzylidene optionally substituted with R.sup.3 as defined below or alkylidene of one to 6 carbon atoms, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, taken together with the carbon to which they are attached, form a carbonyl moiety or a cycloalkyl group having up to 6 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.3 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aralkoxy of 7 to 12 carbon atoms, alkanoyloxy of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, amino, mono- or di-alkylamino in which each alkyl group has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkanamido of 2 to 6 carbon atoms or alkanesulfonamido of 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.4 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
• m is one 1,
• n is one of the integers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
• Z is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, alkynyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 8 carbon atoms, polycyclic alkyl of 7 to 15 carbon atoms, phenyl optionally substituted with R.sup.3 as defined above, phenoxy optionally substituted with R.sup.3 as defined above, naphthyl optionally substituted with R.sup.3 as defined above or naphthyloxy optionally substituted with R.sup.3 as defined above, heteroaryl or heteroaryloxy, in which the heterocyclic ring of the heteroaryl or heteroaryloxy group is selected from thiophene, furan, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, indole, indazole, imidazole, chroman, coumarin, carbostyril, quinoline, benzisoxazole, benzoxazole, pyrazole, pyrrole, thiazole, oxazole, or isoxazole and the heterocyclic ring is optionally substituted by R.sup.3 as defined above;
• or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
• sufficient to alleviate the symptoms of brain dopamine dysregulation.