Synthesis and anticonvulsant evaluation of N-aminosuccinimides

Twelve new N-aminosuccinimides were synthesized by the condensation of hydrazines with succinic anhydrides in glacial acetic acid. The compounds were evaluated in the maximal electroshock seizure and subcutaneous pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold tests for anticonvulsant activity and in the rotorod test for neurotoxicity in mice. The lowest dose at which several of the compounds exhibited anticonvulsant activity was 300 mg/kg.