Total synthesis of lycogarubin C utilizing the Kornfeld–Boger ring contraction
✍ Scribed by Liangfeng Fu; Gordon W. Gribble
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
An efficient synthesis of lycogarubin C (3) was completed in seven steps from the known 1-(phenylsulfonyl)indole-3-carbaldehyde in 30% overall yield, via a Diels-Alder reaction between (Z)-1,2-di(1H-indol-3-yl)ethene 9b and dimethyl 1,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylate (7), followed by a Kornfeld-Boger ring contraction to form the pyrrole ring.
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