Diastereoselective synthesis of substituted hexahydrobenzo[de]isochromanes and evaluation of their antileishmanial activity†
Abstract
Hexahydrobenzo[de]isochromanes and hexahydropyrano[3,4,5-ij]isoquinolines can be efficiently synthesized via Friedel Crafts and oxa Pictet–Spengler reaction of acrylyl enol ethers mediated by triflic acid in good yields. The reaction is highly stereoselective. Two of the hexahydrobenzo[de]isochromanes are found to have moderate antileishmanial activity.