METHOD OF PRODUCING DERIVATIVES OF 3-PHENYL-2-PROPENEAMINE IN THE FORM OF GEOMETRIC ISOMERS OF MIXTURES THEREOF AND OF PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS

The invention provides compounds of formula: (I) in which R=H, halogen, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkythio, NH2, alkylamino, dialkylamino or CF3, R3=H or alkyl, either R4 and R5=H and R1 and R2=H or alkyl, optionally substituted by alkenyl (2 to 4 C) or alternatively R1 and R2 form together a saturated heterocyclic ring containing 4 to 7 ring members and optionally containing another heteroatom such as O, S or N optionally substituted by alkyl, or R4=H, R1=H or alkyl and R2 and R5 together form an alkylene (3 to 4 C) radical and (i) either A=alkyl or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents chosen from halogen, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkylthio, NH2, alkylamino, dialkylamino, NO2 or CF3 or alternatively A=pyridyl, benzyl or cycloalkyl (3 to 6 C), Y=S, SO or SO2 or a radical: (II) in which R6=H or alkyl and R7=H or alkylcarbonyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl or benzoyl, optionally substituted by one or two halogen, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkylthio, NH2, alkylamino, dialkylamino, NO2 or CF3 groups, (ii) or Y and A together form a 1-hydroxycycloalkyl radical, the ring of which contains 5 or 6 C, optionally joined to a benzene ring, it being understood that the alkyl radicals and alkyl parts contains 1 to 4 C as a straight or branched chain, and that the invention relates to all the possible geometric and optical isomers as well as their mixtures. These compounds are useful as antidepressants.