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Easy access to fully functionalized chiral tetrahydro-β-carboline alkaloids
Arai, Takayoshi,Wasai, Makiko,Yokoyama, Naota
, p. 2909 - 2912 (2011/06/11)
A four-step synthetic route to fully substituted chiral tetrahydro-β-carbolines (THBCs) is described. Starting from the (R,S,S)-Friedel-Crafts/Henry adduct obtained from three-component coupling of an indole, nitroalkene, and aldehyde catalyzed by imidazoline-aminophenol-CuOTf, the (1S,3S,4R)-THBCs were readily synthesized in a three-step operation including reduction of the nitro-functionality and Pictet-Spengler cyclization.
