Lower-alkyl 3-R5 CO-octahydro-2,5-methanobenzo[g]quinoline-3-carboxylates

Claim 1

A compound having the formula: ##STR15## where R 1 is hydrogen; lower-alkyl; lower-alkenyl; lower-alkynyl; halo-lower-alkenyl; lower-cycloalkyl; lower-cycloalkyl-lower-alkyl; 2- or 3-furylmethyl; or such 2- or 3-furylmethyl substituted on the ring carbon atoms by from one to three methyl groups; phenyl-lower-alkyl; or phenyl-lower-alkyl substituted in the phenyl ring by methylenedioxy or from one to two members of the group consisting of halogen, lower-alkyl, hydroxy, lower-alkanoyloxy, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkylmercapto, trifluoromethyl, amino and lower-alkanoylamino; R 2 , r 2 ', r 2 " and R 2 '" are each hydrogen, or three of them are hydrogen and the fourth is halogen, lower-alkyl, hydroxy, lower-alkanoyloxy, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkylmercapto, trifluoromethyl, nitro, amino, lower-alkanoylamino, lower-alkoxycarbonylamino or phenyl, or two of the adjacent such groups together are methylenedioxy; R 3 is hydrogen or lower-alkyl; R 4 is hydrogen, lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxy-lower-alkyl, hydroxy-lower-alkyl, lower-alkylthio-lower-alkyl, lower-alkyl-sulfinyl-lower-alkyl, phenylthio-lower-alkyl, phenyl-sulfinyl-lower-alkyl, lower-alkenyl or halo-lower-alkyl, or R 3 and R 4 together are divalent lower-alkylene, --(CH 2 ) n --, where n is one of the integers 3 or 4; R 5 is lower-alkyl; lower-alkylthio-lower-alkyl; lower-alkoxy-lower-alkyl; lower-alkoxy; lower-cycloalkyl; lower-cycloalkyl-lower-alkyl; 2- or 3-furyl; 2- or 3-furyl-(CH 2 ) m , where m is an integer from 2 to 4; or such 2- or 3-furyl or 2- or 3-furyl-(CH 2 ) m substituted on the unsubstituted ring carbon atoms by from one to three methyl groups; phenyl; phenyl-(CH 2 ) m ; or phenyl or phenyl-(CH 2 ) m substituted in the phenyl ring by methylenedioxy or from one to two members of the group consisting of halogen, lower-alkyl, hydroxy, lower-alkanoyloxy, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkylmercapto, trifluoromethyl, amino and lower-alkanoylamino; and Alk is lower-alkyl.