| abstract |
The novel salts of (+)-(1S,2R)-2-[[N-(2-hydroxylamino-2-oxoethyl)-N-methyl-amino]carbonyl]cycloh_ exane-1-carboxylic acid with metals and organic bases, represented by general formula (I) wherein R and R' if taken together represent a bivalent cation selected from calcium, ethylene diamine and other pharmaceutically acceptable cations or organic bases, or if R' = H+, R represents sodium, potassium, an imidazole group, lysine, choline, diethanolamine, arginine, or histidine, possess ACE-inhibitory activity and are therefore useful as active ingredients of antihypertensive drugs. The process for their preparation preferably entails the reaction of the starting acid, protected with a benzyl group, with the suitable hydrate, carbonate or organic base in hydrogenation conditions in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst. |