Step-economic synthesis of (±)-debromoflustramine A using indole C3 activation strategy

Autor: Rajesh Viswanathan, Vasily A. Ignatenko, Ping Zhang
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 52:1269-1272
ISSN: 0040-4039
Popis: A concise and practical strategy to obtain C3 reverse-prenylated pyrrolidinoindoline scaffold has been executed in 28.8% overall yield. The key conjugative step involved a Booker-Milburn–Feudoloff reaction involving an NCS-mediated activation of indole, followed by coupling to C5 dimethylallylalcohol. This linchpin step proceeded in 74% yield. The overall sequence proceeded in five steps from commercially available N-methyltryptamine with a single protection–deprotection operation and a single redox manipulation. Mechanistic insights of NCS activation, and an ensuing rearrangement of the isoprene unit were gained by rationally varying the C3 substituent.
Databáze: OpenAIRE