1-Cyanotetraline

Chemical Properties

light yellow oil liquid

Uses

1-Cyanotetraline is used in the synthesis of aldose reductase inhibitors. Also reductase enzymes are believed to catalyze the formation of sorbitol from glucose leading to the chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. It is also used in the synthesis of baclofen analogs, potent GABAB agonists.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 99, p. 959, 1977 DOI: 10.1021/ja00445a057
Tetrahedron Letters, 36, p. 4307, 1995 DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)00746-Y