Decarboxylation of phthalidecarboxylic acids in the presence of imines - a facile route to isoindolo[1,2-b][3]benzazepin-5-ones and phthalideisoquinolines

(±)-Nuevamine, an isoindoloisoquinoline alkaloid, and (±)-lennoxamine, an isoindolobenzazepine

Emir Valencia, Alan J. Freyer, Maurice Shamma et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1984 · 196 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +6

Chilenine: An isoindolobenzazepine alkaloid

Víctor Fajardo, Varadaraj Elango, Bruce K. Cassels et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1982 · 141 citations

Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +3

A short route to the phthalideisoquinolines and the 13-hydroxylated protoberberines

Maurice Shamma, Vassil St. Georgiev · Tetrahedron · 1976 · 23 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +7

Condensation of cyclic and acyclic imines with phthalide anions. Synthesis of protoberberines and substituted 3,4-dihydro-2-methyl-1(2<i>H</i>)-isoquinolones

Richard Marsden, David B. MacLean · Canadian Journal of Chemistry · 1984 · 19 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +11

Central nervous system active compounds. VIII. New syntheses of phthalide isoquinolines

RH Prager, J. M. TIPPETT, A. David Ward · Australian Journal of Chemistry · 1981 · 14 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +10