Reinhold Tacke, U. Wannagat

• Sila-analogues A 2, B 2 and C 2 of the drug mebrophenhydramine from the class of benzhydryl ethers -were synthesized for the first time by the steps shown in scheme 1, and they and their precurso:rs I-Ill were characterized by their physical (Table 1) and chemical properties, a.nd their structures confirmed by NMR, mass and infrared spectroscopy (Tables 3-5). The histaminolytic and anticholinergic effects of A 2 and C 2 were investigated and compared with some structure-activity relationships of analogue carbon compounds.