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New pyrano[3,4-b]indoles from 2-hydroxymethylindole and L-dehydroascorbic acid
Lavrenov, Sergey N.,Turchin, Konstantin F.,Korolev, Alexander M.,Anisimova, Olga S.,Preobrazhenskaya, Maria N.
, p. 6610 - 6613 (2005)
2-Hydroxymethylindole reacts with L-dehydroascorbic acid under mild conditions to give (3R,3aR,10cS)-3-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-3a,10c-dihydroxy- 3a,5,6,10c-tetrahydrofuro[3′,4′:5,6]pyrano[3,4-b]indol-1(3H)-one. Its tosyl derivative undergoes cyclization to form a pentacyclic ketal derivative.
