Claims
- 1. A compound of the formula: ##STR192## or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, --OCO.sub.2 --lower alkyl, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.n --phenyl with the phenyl optionally substituted by a member of the group comprising halogen, --NO.sub.2, --CN, --NH.sub.2, or lower alkyl wherein n is an integer from 1 to 4; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represent lower alkyl, halogen, or lower alkoxy, or either one of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is hydrogen and the other is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, or halogen; wherein R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 may be the same or different and represent hydrogen or lower alkyl; and R.sup.10 is selected from the group consisting of
- --(ALK)X
- wherein ALK represents alkylene, thioalkylene, oxyalkylene having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; alkenylene and alkynylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and X represents 9H-fluoren-9-yl; V represents an asymmetric carbon atom that may be racemic or have the D or L configuration; and W represents an asymmetric carbon atom when R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are not the same which may be racemic or have the D or L configuration.
- 2. A compound of the formula: ##STR193## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R.sup.10 is selected from the group consisting of
- --(ALK)X
- wherein ALK represents alkylene, thioalkylene, oxyalkylene, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; alkenylene or alkynylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and X represents 9H-fluoren-9yl; V and W represent asymmetric carbon atoms that may independently be racemic or have the D or L configuration.
- 3. A compound according to claim 2 which is 2,6-dimethyl-L-tyrosyl-N-[2-(9H-fluoren-9-yl)ethyl]-D-alaninamide, hydrochloride and the diastereomers thereof.
- 4. A pharmaceutical composition for treating pain in mammals comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- 5. A method for treating pain in mammals comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 to a mammal in need of such treatment.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of Ser. No. 06/882,794 filed July 14, 1986, now pending, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 829,266 filed Feb. 14, 1986 now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 765,882 filed Aug. 14, 1985, now pending.
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