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Syntheses of melatonin and its derivatives
Somei, Masanori,Fukui, Yoshikazu,Hasegawa, Masakazu,Oshikiri, Naoki,Hayashi, Toshikatsu
, p. 1725 - 1736 (2000)
Two simple synthetic methods for melatonin are newly developed from tryptamine through intermediates, which are promising lead compounds for drug developing research. Novel chemical reactivities of melatonin in its bromination, lithiation, and acylation are also reported.