“…exhibit antitumour activities (Jaton et al, 1997) and also act as potent antipsychotic agents (Norman et al, 1996), and a compound containing the tetrahydroquinoline moiety acts as an antischistosomal drug (Billings & Heidelberger, 1982). They also possess anti-in¯ammatory (Ohnishi et al, 1981), antiamúbic (Bailey et al, 1979), antiulcer (Uchida et al, 1989) and analgesic (Shaaban et al, 1977) activities. In order to obtain detailed information on molecular conformation, the X-ray structure determination of the title compound, (I), has been carried out and the results are presented here.…”