Synthesis and reactivity of 6-(fluoromethyl)indole and 6-(difluoromethyl)indole
✍ Scribed by Elisa M. Woolridge; Steven E. Rokita
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
The N-l BOC protected precursors of 6-(fluoromethyl)indole and 6-(difluoromethyl)indole were prepared and deprotected via flash vacuum thermolysis.
The stability of these newly prepared, unprotected indole derivatives has been characterized and compared to that of a previously known compound, 6-(trifluoromethyl)indole.
The tryptophan processing enzymes, tryptophanase and tryptophan synthase, catalyze the reversible C-3 alkylation of indole through a mechanism proposed to include N-l deprotonation.' Synthetic work in our laboratory has been directed at developing substrate analogues for the characterization of this basedependent event.
Halomethyl-containing compounds have proven useful in the identification of carbanionic intermediates formed during enzyme turnover: and a similar analysis may be applicable to our heteroatomic system. Accordingly, we have developed syntheses for 6-(fluoromethyljindole and 6-(difluoromethyl)indole.
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