Ann. Chim.,[lo] 9, 268 (1928). pounds in Table I to determine their anticonvulsant and antispasmodic activity. The unsubstituted amide I1 and the di-p-phenetidine de. rivative, respectively, showed anticonvulsant activities of about one-half and three-fourths that of 5, 5- diphenylhydantoin. The antispasmodic tests revealed a-aminodiphenylacetamide (11) to be the most active of the compounds tested. The n-propylamine and the n-butylamine ...