The retent puhlication'of niethods for the synthesis of 3-substituted 5-(8-aminopropylidene)- lO, I l-dlhydro-5H-dibenzo-[a, d] ryrloheptenes, of which a number are useful psychotherapeutic drugs, prompts us to report a nex synthesis of one of these, nortriptyline CIS), using propargylic intermediates. The
