Molecules 2010, 15(6), 4201-4206; doi:10.3390/molecules15064201
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Synthesis of 2-(9,10-Dihydro-9,10-propanoanthracen-9-yl)-N-methylethanamine via a [4+2] Cycloaddition

Usama Karama* email, Adel Al-Saidey, Zeid Al-Othman and Abdel Rahman Almansour
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O.Box 2455, Riyadh - 11451, Saudi Arabia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 19 May 2010; in revised form: 31 May 2010 / Accepted: 1 June 2010 / Published: 9 June 2010
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Abstract: 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 α-bromoacrolein and 9-allyl-anthracene, followed by ring expansion and samarium diiodide deoxygenation.
Keywords: benzoctamine; homologue; antidepressant; ring expansion; cycloaddition

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Karama, U.; Al-Saidey, A.; Al-Othman, Z.; Almansour, A.R. Synthesis of 2-(9,10-Dihydro-9,10-propanoanthracen-9-yl)-N-methylethanamine via a [4+2] Cycloaddition. Molecules 2010, 15, 4201-4206.

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Karama U, Al-Saidey A, Al-Othman Z, Almansour AR. Synthesis of 2-(9,10-Dihydro-9,10-propanoanthracen-9-yl)-N-methylethanamine via a [4+2] Cycloaddition. Molecules. 2010; 15(6):4201-4206.

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Karama, Usama; Al-Saidey, Adel; Al-Othman, Zeid; Almansour, Abdel Rahman. 2010. "Synthesis of 2-(9,10-Dihydro-9,10-propanoanthracen-9-yl)-N-methylethanamine via a [4+2] Cycloaddition." Molecules 15, no. 6: 4201-4206.

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