%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis of 2-(9,10-Dihydro-9,10-propanoanthracen-9-yl)-N-methylethanamine via a [4+2] Cycloaddition
%A Usama Karama
%A Adel Al-Saidey
%A Zeid Al-Othman
%A Abdel Rahman Almansour
%J Molecules
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/molecules15064201
%X The synthesis of the tetracyclic molecule 2-(9,10-dihydro-9,10-propano-anthracen-9-yl)-N-methylethanamine(2)as a homologue of the antidepressant 1-(9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracen-9-yl)-N-methylmethaneamine (1) was described. The key intermediate 9-(prop-2-en-1-yl)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-propanoanthracen-12-one (7)was successfully synthesized via a [4+2] cycloaddition of ¦Á-bromoacrolein and 9-allyl-anthracene, followed by ring expansion and samarium diiodide deoxygenation.
%K benzoctamine
%K homologue
%K antidepressant
%K ring expansion
%K cycloaddition
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/6/4201