Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Synthesis of novel heterocycles, which contain the unique 10-oxa-1,8-diazaanthracen-9-one tricyclic core, is reported. The core structure was assembled via a dehydrative-cyclization strategy. ... During a recent effort in our laboratories directed at the development of chiral ketones for ...