Synthesis of some new propanediols as potential centrally acting muscle relaxants

Two seriales of alpha-y-diethers of glycerol was synthesized as analogues to mephenesin. These compounds were synthesized for the pharmacodynamic study of the effect of substituting the O-methyl group of mephenesin by the more soluble basic substituted acylamino moieties. The skeletal muscle relaxant and tranquilizing activities of five of these compounds were tested in mice and results are included