GR72841

Compounds of the formula wherein Z is R or R CO, wherein R is an alkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl, dimethylaminoalkyl or methylthioalkyl group having 2-6 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and having the heteroatom bound in a position other than 1-position, an alkenyl group having 3-5 carbon atoms other than an 1-alkenyl group, and R is an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1-4 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group with 2-4 carbon atoms, R is an alkyl group with 1-5 carbon atoms, an allyl or benzyl group, and n is 1 or 2 provided that Z is other than methyl and ethyl when n is 2 and R is CH3 or an acid addition salt thereof. The compounds are useful as intermediates or starting materials for preparation of therapeutically useful substituted phenyl-azacycloalkanes.