Intramolecular aromatic alkylation. 28. Synthesis and pharmacological testing of homologized and hydroxylated 3,4-dihydro-1'-methylspiro[naphthalin-1(2H),4'-piperidine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/ardp.19903230110

The compounds 4, 8, and 10, prepared by standard methods, are converted to the phenylpyridylakanes 9; their methoiodides 11 are reduced to yield the tetrahydropyridines 12. Whereas the cyclisation of 12a gives the isomers 1f and 1g, 12b furnishes only the