Na. Abdallah et al., SYNTHESIS OF SOME INDANE DERIVATIVES OF CENTRAL MUSCLE-RELAXANT AND ANTICONVULSANT PROFILES, Il Farmaco, 52(12), 1997, pp. 733-739
A series of 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)indane derivatives 1a-f, 2a-e and 3a
-f were synthesized to investigate their central muscle relaxant and a
nticonvulsant activities. The synthesized compounds 1a-f, 2a-e and 3a-
f were found to be devoid of central muscle relaxant activity using me
probamate (100 mg/kg) as a reference standard. However, they showed re
markable anticonvulsant properties in a dose of 80 mg/kg (sc) compared
with diphenylhydantoin sodium (80 mg/kg) as a reference standard.