[(Arylalkylpiperidine-4-yl)methyl]-2-alpha,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1(2H)-acenaphthylene-1-ones and related compounds, a process for their preparation and their use as medicaments.

摘要

There are disclosed various compounds of the formula below <CHEM> where X is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, hydroxy or nitro; Y is hydrogen or loweralkoxy; or alternatively, X ans Y combined together form the group -OCH2O- in which case the positions of X and Y on the benzene ring moiety must be adjacent to each other; Z is hydrogen, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, hydroxy, halogen or nitro and n is 0 or 1, which compounds are useful for alleviating various memory dysfunction characterizied by a cholinergic deficit such as Alzheimer's disease.