Transformations of sym-octahydroxanthene-1,8-diones and 1,8-dioxo-sym-octahydroxanthylium salts in recyclization under the influence of amines

The chemical behavior of 9-R-sym-octahydroxanthene-1,8-diones and salts based on them in recyclization reactions under the influence of amines was studied. The effect of the basicity of the amines on the direction of recyclization was established. A method is proposed for the single-stage synthesis of sym-octahydroacridine-1.8-dione oximes based on 1,8-dioxo-sym-octahydroxanthenes. Conditions were worked out for the oxidation of sym-octahydroxanthene-1,8-diones and N-R-decahydroacridinediones to the corresponding salts. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 32–38, January, 2006.