NEUE 1-ARYLOXY-3-ALKYLAMINO-2-PROPANOLE UND VERFAHREN ZUR IHRER HERSTELLUNG

This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl or alkoxy of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a divalent group -CH=CH-CH=CH- or -(CH2)n-, in which n is an integer of from 3 to 5, with the free valences bonded in the o-position relative to one another; and R3 represents a linear or branched alkyl of from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, with the provisos that R3 is not tert.butyl when R1 is ethyl or propyl and R2 is a hydrogen atom and that R3 is not isopropyl when R1 is propyl and R2 is a hydrogen atom, or a non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. The compounds of Formula I are useful for treatment and prophylaxis of diseases of the coronaries, for the treatment of hypertension, and for treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, particularly tachycardia.