ARALIPHATIC OXO(HYDROXY)AMINES

COMPOUNDS WITH THE GENERAL FORMULA 1(FORMULA 1)WHEREIN N IS 0 OR 1, Z IS CO OR CH(OH), R1 AND R2 ARE EQUAL OR DIFFERENT AND, WHEN EQUAL, HYDROGEN, METHYL, ETHYL OR PROPYL AND, WHEN DIFFERENT, R1 IS HYDROGEN AND R2 IS METHYL, ETHYL, PROPYL OR ISOPROPYL, X AND Y REPRESENT HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, CF3, CN OR AN ALKYL GROUP, STRAIGHT OR BRANCHED HAVING 1-3 CARBON ATOMS, IN THE ORTHO, META OR PARA POSITION PROVIDED THAT WHEN X IS IN THE ORTHO POSITION AND OTHER THAN HYDROGEN THEN Y IS OTHER THAN HYDROGEN, AND WHEN Y IS IN THE ORTHO POSITION AND OTHER THAN HYDROGEN THEN X IS OTHER THAN HYDROGEN, R REPRESENTS A STRAIGHT OR BRANCHED SATURATED OR UNSATURATED 1-6 CARBON ALKYL GROUP, A 3-6 CARBON CYCLOALKYL GROUP, A PHENYL GROUP, WHICH MAY BE UNSUBSTITUTED OR MAY CARRY A RING SUBSTITUENT X1,X1 PREFERABLY BEING A HALOGEN, OR R REPRESENTS HYDROGEN, IN RACEMIC OR OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORM AND WHEN Z IS CH(OH) ALSO MIXTURES OF DIATEREOMERS OR A PURE DIASTEREOMER, WITH THE PROVISO THAT THE RACEMATE OF THE COMPOUND WHEREIN R1 AND R2 IS HYDROGEN, X IS P-CI, Y IS HYDROGEN, Z IS CO, N IS 0 AND R IS METHYL IS EXCLUDED, OR PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS THEREOF, PROSSESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAID COMPOUNDS AND THE USE OF THE SAID COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF METAL DISTURBANCES.