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Acridone 8 was prepared by the nucleophilic addition of aniline 4 to benzyn
e 5. Hydrolysis of the eater group, followed by cyclisation gave the acrido
ne 8, which was subsequently converted to the pyrano[3,2-b]acridin-4-ones 1
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