The invention provides a novel spiro-linked pyrrolidine-2,5-dione of the formula; ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each independently represent a hydrogen, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl or lower alkoxy group; Y is a methylene group, oxygen or sulfur atom; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or forming a benzene ring together with their adjacent carbon atoms; the base salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable cations, and processes for their manufactures. The compounds of formula [I] useful as aldose reductase inhibitors and as therapeutic agents for treatment of chronic diabetic complications are also disclosed.
该发明提供了一种新颖的螺环联接的
吡咯烷-2,5-二
酮,其
化学式为:##
STR1## 其中X.sub.1和X.sub.2各自独立地代表
氢、卤原子、低
碳基或低
碳氧基;Y代表亚
甲基、
氧原子或
硫原子;R.sub.1、R.sub.2、R.sub.3和R.sub.4各自独立地代表
氢原子、低
碳基或与其相邻
碳原子共同形成
苯环;其与药学上可接受的阳离子形成的盐和其制备方法。还公开了化合物的
化学式[I],用作醛糖还原酶
抑制剂和治疗慢性糖尿病并发症的治疗剂。