Reinhold Tacke, U. Wannagat

• Sila-ana.logues A 2 and B 2 of two drugs from the benzhydryl ether class, chlorphenoxamine and clofenetamine, were synthesized for the first time by the steps shown in scheme 1. They and their precursors I-VI v;rere characterized by their physical (Table 1) and chemical properties and their structures confirmed by n.m.r., mass and infrared spectroscopy (Tab]es 2-5). Their physiological effects were invest.igated and compared with those of the carbon analogues (Chapter 5).