
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hung, TV 
A1  - Mooney, BA 
A1  - Prager, RH 
A1  - Ward, AD 
T1  - Central nervous system active compounds. VI. Reissert compounds as precursors of 1-(3-phthalidy1)isoquinolines
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1981
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
SP  - 151
EP  - 162
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9810151 
N2  - The reactions of isoquinoline and phthalazine Reissert compounds with phthalaldehydic acids and their derivatives have been investigated as a means of synthesizing 1-(3-phthalidyl)isoquinolines. Of a variety of conditions tried those involving phase transfer were found, in general, to be the most suitable. The products, which are analogues of the convulsant alkaloid bicuculline, showed weak central nervous system depressant activity. 
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