Dibenzocycloheptene

Dibenzocycloheptene (also known as dibenzosuberane and dibenzocycloheptadiene) is a tricyclic chemical compound featuring two benzene rings bound to a cycloheptene group.

It is an occasional motif in synthetic organic chemistry.

[1] Various tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) contain the dibenzocycloheptene moiety in their chemical structures, including amineptine, amitriptyline, amitriptylinoxide, butriptyline, demexiptiline, nortriptyline, noxiptiline, and protriptyline.

Cyclobenzaprine, a skeletal muscle relaxant, also contains this functional group.

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Skeletal formula of dibenzocycloheptene
Ball-and-stick model of the dibenzocycloheptene molecule
Dibenzocycloheptene numbering system