
%0 Journal Article
%A Marshall, PA 
%A Mooney, BA 
%A Prager, RHWAD 
%T Central nervous system active compounds. IX. Cinnolinylisobenzofuranones [1-(3-Phthalidyl)cinnolin-4(1H)-ones]
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1981/12/01
%V 34
%N 12
%P 2619-2627
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9812619
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9812619 
%X The synthesis and central nervous system activity of a number of cinnolinylisobenzofuranones are described. The compounds are prepared in moderate yield by the reaction of the sodium salt of a cinnolin-4-one with the appropriate 3-bromophthalide. 1H, 13C n.m.r., and infrared spectral evidence for the structure of the compounds is presented. The compounds cause a loss of muscular control in mice. 
