Synthesis and pharmacological investigation of new N-dimethylpyridyl and N-chloropyridyl substituted arylsuccinimides.

In the reaction of alpha-phenyl-, alpha-p-chlorophenyl-, alpha-m-chlorophenyl-, alpha-p-bromophenyl and alpha-m-bromophenyl succinic acids with various aminopyridines, N-(dimethylpyridine)-alpha- arylsuccinimides and N-(chloropyridine)-alpha-arylsuccinimides were obtained. The above compounds tested for their CNS activity did not show an anticonvulsant activity.