Synthesis of potential inhibitors of squalenepoxidase with conformationanl fixation of the structural elements of Butenafine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/ardp.19933260607

The synthesis of the naphthalinemethanamines 6b-h is reported. To obtain products with conformative rigidity, substituents with gradually increased space demand were placed into the α-position. Since the direct reductive amination of the naphthylalkanones 3 with the amines 9 or 10 was only of very limited use the α-substituted naphthalinmethanamines 2 and 4 were synthesized as useful intermediates by various methods and the desired N-substitution pattern of the target compounds was subsequently built up applying - mostly reductive - alkylation methods.