Process for 5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]-cyclohepten-5,10-imine
US4477668A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 3, 1982 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D451/00
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
(+)-5-Methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]-cyclohepten-5,10-imine, and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts is useful as an anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant and in the treatment of mixed anxiety-depression, minimal brain dysfunction and extrapyramidal disorders such as Parkinson's disease. The racemate of the compound is produced by a four-step synthetic process in about 65% yield from 5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-one.
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