Triazolylbenzophenone derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## (wherein R represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 halo-alkyl, the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --X--R.sup.5, or the group ##STR2## R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, or C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 acyl; X represents sulfur or oxygen; n represents 0, 1, 2, or 3; R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; or the group ##STR3## represents pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino, or .gamma.-methylpiperazino; R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or halogen; R.sup.2 represents halogen, nitro, or trifluoromethyl; R.sup.3 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 halo-alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 azido-alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 acyl, or the group ##STR4## R.sup.4 and R.sup.8 each represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 aralkyl; R.sup.9 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; R.sup.10 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 aralkyl, or C.sub.2 -C.sub.11 .alpha.-amino-acyl; or the group ##STR5## represents phthalimido, pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino, or .gamma.-methylpiperazino) and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, useful as anxiolytics, sedatives, hypnotics, anticonvulsants, muscle relaxants, antidepressants, their synthetic intermediates, and their preparation.