1-aryl-imidazolin-2-ones and 1-aralkylimidazolin-2-ones including 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-morpholinoimidazolin-2-one for treating conflict-related anxiety

摘要

A process for the treatment of anxiety and tension, which comprises administering to a patient an anxiolytically effective amount of a compound of the general formula I in which; X is hydrogen, a C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethyl residue, or halogen, R1 and R2 are independently of each other a C1-4 alkyl, cycloalkyl, C2-4 hydroxyalkyl, or heteroalkyl residue, or R1 and R2 together form a C2-6 alkylene residue in which one -CH2- group can be replaced by oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur; n is 0 or 1, and m is 0 or a cardinal number from 1-5, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound.