A broadly applicable Diels-Alder based Synthesis of Ketamine related Arylcyclohexylamines

09 November 2022, Version 1
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Abstract

Herein we report the synthesis of both aryl derivatives of ketamine and aryl derivatives of ketamine’s major metabolites hydroxynorketamine (HNK), norketamine (NK) and dehydronorketamine (DHNK) via a microwave-assisted Diels-Alder reaction to form the substituted cyclohexane core structure. Starting with aryl acrylic esters as dienophiles and siloxybutadienes as diene counterparts, a wide range of substituted arylcyclohexylamines was obtained after several modification steps of the initial Diels-Alder products.

Keywords

Ketamine
HNK
Diels-Alder

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