The oral, i.p., and i.v. LD50 values of the title compound (I) were 1148, 375, and 285 mg./kg., resp., in mice and this compound is therefore less toxic than the reference compound, chlordiazepoxide (II).Administration of a 25 mg./kg. dose to mice reduced the aggression or flight reactions but did not greatly reduce spontaneous activity.In various behavior tests, I was more effective than II in reducing agility and it also caused incoordination (due to muscle hypotonus), but neither compound altered initiative activity as measured by the evasion test.I (doses >12.5 mg./kg.) slightly reduced the spontaneous activity, but to a lesser extent than II.I had anticonvulsant activity which was 13- and 3-fold greater than that of II against pentetrazole and strychnine, resp., but equal activity was shown towards convulsions in mice given tremorine.I, given orally (6.25, 12.5, or 25 mg./kg.), was more effective than II in potentiating the activity of a nonsedative dose of pentobarbital (i.p. injection of 12.5 mg./kg.).I had no significant general pharmacol. effects when given i.v. to cats and rats (doses up to 40 and 16 mg./kg., resp.) or by gastric tube to dogs (40 mg./kg.) or when given for 90 days to rats at 1/20th of the oral and i.p. LD50 values.I (20 or 40 mg./kg.) did not alter the responses to adrenaline, noradrenaline, carotid occlusion, or vagal stimulation when given by gastric tube to dogs.