Abstract: | The literature data on the methods of synthesis and chemical properties of cyclic azomethines, mainly isoquinoline derivatives, have been correlated. Examples of biologically active compounds of the 3,4-dihydro- and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline are given.Institute of Technical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Perm 614600, Russia; Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 579–604, May, 2000. |