“…Syntheses of 11- 4,10, [1,5] benzodiazepin-1-ones KEIZO MATSUO,* IKUKO TANI, and KUNIYOSHI TANAKA Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka 577, Japan (Received July 22, 1987) 11-Substituted 3-methyl-3, 4, 10,1 1 -tetrahydro-1 H, 5H-pyrano [4 ,3-b] hydroxy-5-methyl-2-penten- 5-olide In the course of our synthetic studies on biologically active compounds using dimedone, tetronic acids, and tetramic acids,1) we reported that some 10-substituted 3,3-dimethyl-3, 4, 9, 10-tetrahydro-1H-furo-and -pyrrolo [4, 3-b] [1, 5] benzodiazepin-1-ones (1 and 2) showed analgesic activity as strong as that of aminopyrine in the phenylquinone writhing test in mice.2) Namely, the extents of inhibition were 56.1% with la, 61.0% with lb, and 68.3% with 2 at the dose of 50 mg/kg p.o., while that of aminopyrine was 66.2%. The above observations prompted us to synthesize benzodiazepinone derivatives fused with other heterocyclic compounds in order to test their analgesic activity.…”