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Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Claims for Patent: 4,085,225


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Summary for Patent: 4,085,225
Title: Oxime ethers having anti-depressive activity
Abstract:Novel 4'-trifluoromethylvalerophenone 0-(2-aminoethyl)oximes are found to exhibit a strong anti-depressive activity based on a strong serotone potentiation but with the absence of monoamino/oxidase inhibition and undesirable side effects.
Inventor(s): Welle; Hendricus Bernardus Antonius (Utrecht, NL), Claassen; Volkert (Weesp, NL)
Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY)
Application Number:05/668,461
Patent Claims: 1. Oxime ether compounds of the formula ##STR10## and salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids, in which formula R is a cyano group, a cyanomethyl group, a methoxymethyl group or an ethoxymethyl group.

2. The 5-Methoxy-4'-trifluoromethylvalerophenone O-(2-aminoethyl) oxime and salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids of claim 1.

3. The 5-Ethoxy-4'-trifluoromethylvalerophenone O-(2-aminoethyl) oxime and salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids of claim 1.

4. An oxime compound of the formula: ##STR11## wherein R is cyano or cyanomethyl.

5. The 4-Cyano-4'-trifluoromethylbutyrophenone O-(2-aminoethyl) oxime and salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids of claim 4.

6. The 5-Cyano-4'-trifluoromethylvalerophenone O-(2-aminoethyl) oxime and salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids of claim 4.

7. An antidepressive composition comprising a compound of claim 1 in an antidepressively effective amount and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefore.

8. A method of treating patients suffering from depression comprising administering to said patients a composition of claim 7 in an antidepressively effective amount.

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