Previous studies in these laboratories have demonstrated that certain compounds containing 2, 2-dimethylpyrrolidiiie (I) are particularly potent anticholinergics. The structurally similar compound, l-azaspiro [4.5] decane (11), has now been prepared, in which the two methyl groups are joined in a ring. This was incorporated into a variety of compounds of types known to be ill general powerful anticholinergics (VIII, IX and XI); however, they had ...