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.m -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 m is an integer from 1 to 4;
- wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represent lower alkyl, halogen or lower alkoxy, or either one of R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 is hydrogen and the other is lower alkyl, halogen or lower alkoxy;
- 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;
- wherein R.sup.10 is selected from the group consisting of
- --(ALK)X
- wherein ALK represents alkylene, thioalkylene, or oxyalkylene having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; alkenylene or alkynylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and
- wherein X represents 2-thienyl or 3-thienyl with the proviso that X may represent 3-thienyl only when ALK is not alkylene;
- wherein V represents an asymmetric carbon atom that may be racemic or have the D or L configuration; and
- wherein 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 addition salt thereof wherein R.sup.10 is selected from the group consisting of
- --(ALK)X
- wherein ALK represents alkylene, thioalkylene, or oxyalkylene, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; alkenylene or alkynylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and
- wherein X is 2-thienyl or 3-thienyl with the proviso that X can only be 3-thienyl when ALK is not alkylene;
- wherein V and W represent asymmetric carbon atoms that may independently be racemic or have the D and L configuration.
- 3. A compound according to claim 2 which is 2,6-dimethyl-L-tyrosyl-N-[2-(2-thienyl)ethyl]-D-alaninamide, hydrochloride.
- 4. A compound according to claim 2 which is 2,6-dimethyltyrosyl-N-[3-(2-thienyl)propyl-D-alaninamide, hydrochloride and the diastereomers thereof.
- 5. A compound according to claim 2, which is 2,6-dimethyltyrosyl-N-[3-(2-thienyl)-2E-propenyl]-D-alaninamide, hydrochloride, and the diastereomers thereof.
- 6. A compound according to claim 2, which is 2,6-dimethyltyrosyl-N-[3-(3-thienyl)-2E-propenyl]-D-alaninamide, hydrochloride, and the diastereomers thereof.
- 7. 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.
- 8. 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. 882,794 filed July 14, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,822,775 which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 829,266 filed February 14, 1986, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 765,882 filed August 14, 1985, now abandoned.
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