PROCESS FOR PREPARING NEW SUBSTITUTED 6-ARYL-4H-S-TRIAZOLO (3,4-C)THIENO(2,3-E)(1,4)DIAZEPINE

Compounds of the formula wherein R1 is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, nitro or trifluoromethyl; and R3 is chlorine, bromine, alkoxy of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkylmercapto of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, cycloalkenyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or a saturated or unsaturated 5- to 6-membered heterocycle comprising an oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen heteroatom, where a substitutable nitrogen heteroatom may optionally have a lower akyl substituent attached thereto; and non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof; the compounds as well as their salts are useful as tranquilizers, muscle-relaxants and anticonvulsants.