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β-Carboline alkaloids 9 [1]. Total synthesis of the β-carboline alkaloids arenarine A and (±)arenarine B
✍ Scribed by Franz Bracher; Andreas Puzik
- Publisher
- Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-152X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The first total synthesis of the β‐carboline alkaloids arenarine A (1) and arenarine B (2) is described. Methanolysis of the α‐bromoketone 9 gives 1 in good yield. Alternatively 1 can be obtained from the diazoketone 11 with boron trifluoride/methanol in poor yield. Reduction of 1 with sodium borohydride gives racemic arenarine B (2). Regioselective homolytic methylation of norharmane (4) with tert‐butyl hydroperoxide/ferrous sulfate gives the alkaloid harmane (6).
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## Abstract β‐Carbolines (**1–5**) undergo electrophilic aromatic substitution with __N__‐bromosuccinimide under different experimental conditions. Although 6‐bromo‐nor‐harmane (**la**) obtained by bromination of nor‐harmane (**1**) was isolated and fully characterized sometime ago, the other bromo