1-alkyl-3- (acylamino) epsilon caprolactams for improving learning ability and memory and pharmaceutical preparations containing them.

摘要

1-alkyl-3-(acylamino)- epsilon -caprolactames of formula (1) CHEM wherein R is selected from the group consisting of: pyrrolidin-2-one-1-acetyl, p-methoxybenzoyl, N-benzyloxycarbonyl-(S)-prolyl, phenylbutanoyl, 3-trifluoromethylbenzoyl, 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl, nicotinoyl, and acyl having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R1 is selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, methoxycarbonylmethyl, aminocarbonylmethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, and formylmethyl, (provided that, if R1 is hydrogen, R is not formyl or acetyl) are potent enhancers of learning and memory. Orally or parenterally administrable pharmaceutical compositions in unit dosage form comprise from about 100 to 500 mg of one of the compound of formula (1).