BENZOCYCLOALKYLAZOLETHIONE DERIVATIVES

The present invention relates to novel benzocycloalkylazolethione compounds of formula (I) in which n is 0, 1 or 2; t is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R is independently halo, hydroxy or (C1-4)alkyloxy; and R is attached to the alpha , beta or gamma -position and is a group selected from formulae (a), (b) and (c) which are dopamine beta -hydroxylase inhibitors in which the benzocycloalkyl portion of the compound is selected from indanyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalenyl and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-benzocycloheptenyl (in which the benzo is optionally substituted with one to three substituents) and the azolethione portion of the compound is selected from 2-thioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazol-3-yl, 5-thioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-[1,2,4]triazol-4-yl and 5-thioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-[1,2,4]triazol-1-yl (each optionally substituted with one to three substituents); and the prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, individual isomers and mixtures of isomers and the methods of using and preparing such benzocycloalkylazolethione compounds.