| abstract |
2-amino-6,7-dihydroxytetrahydronaphthalene (ADTN) derivatives represented by the formula (FORMULA) where R is OH, aldyloxy, hydroxyalkyl or acyloxy, and R 'is arylalkyl or the aryl group is benzyl, substituted benzyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl, and the alkyl group is straight or branched chain alkyl having one to twenty carbon atoms; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. These 2-amino-6,7-dihydroxytetrahydronaphthalene compounds are useful as inotropes. |