| abstract |
The invention relates to spiro compounds having central and peripheral nervous system activity, for example muscarinic agonist activity, having formulae (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, quaternary compounds which are structurally derived from said compounds having a tertiary nitrogen atom, enantiomers and racemates, wherein ring A together with the spiro-carbon atom constitutes a bridged or unbridged ring containing one or two ring nitrogen atoms, and the value of each of the other symbols in the formulae is defined. |