Patent ID: 6066666
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A61K,C07D

Abstract:
A compound having anticonvulsant or anxiolytic activity having the formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein:Z is an oxygen or a sulfur atom;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted alkyl or alkenyl group, and an optionally substituted phenylmethyl group; andR.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or alkenyl group, and an optionally substituted phenylmethyl group,with the exception that the compound is not 3,3-dimethyl-2-pyrrolidinone or 3-ethyl-3-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone and the exception that when R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 are optionally substituted phenylmethyl groups, the phenyl ring is not halogen substituted.