Synthesis of N-Protected Staurosporinones

Autor: Hideo Nagasaki, Yasuhiro Wada, Masao Tokuda, Kazuhiko Orito
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 72:2008-2014
ISSN: 1520-6904
0022-3263
DOI: 10.1021/jo062184r
Popis: We report a method for the synthesis of N-protected staurosporinones, which are useful for the synthesis of indolo[2,3-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazole alkaloids and related compounds. An interaction of gramine methiodide (2) with 3-(N-benzyl)indolylacetonitrile (3) in the presence of t-BuLi, followed by a CF3COOH-catalyzed intramolecular indole-indole coupling and dehydrogenation with DDQ, produced 5-cyanoindolo[2,3-a]carbazole 6 almost quantitatively. Reduction of its cyano group followed by N-benzylation produced N-benzylaminomethylindolo[2,3-a]carbazole 8b, which was subjected to Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed direct aromatic carbonylation to give N-protected staurosporinone 9b. Treatment with AlCl3 in anisole removed N-benzyl groups to afford staurosporinone quantitatively.
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