New Psychotropic Agents. Derivatives of Dibenzo [a, d]-1, 4-cycloheptadiene

SO WINTHROP, MA Davis, GS Myers…

Index: Winthrop,S.O. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1962 , vol. 27, p. 230 - 240

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Protiva, Coli. Czech. Chem. Co”., 24, 3955 (1959). in satisfactory yields. This procedure was preferred to that in the literature requiring hydriodic acid and was in fact the only method available for the reduction of 3, 4-dime thoxybenzalphthalide. The cyclodehydrations of the 2- (phenethy1) benzoic acid were effected in good yields by heating in a polyphosphoric acid medium. Bromination followed by dehydrobromination gave the desired dibenzo [ale]-[1, 3 ...