Kedrowski Sean M A, Bower Kiowa S, Dougherty Dennis A
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Org Lett. 2007 Aug 16;9(17):3205-7. doi: 10.1021/ol071083s. Epub 2007 Jul 18.
A novel synthetic route to 1-oxo-5-hydroxytryptamine, the benzofuran analogue of serotonin, has been developed. The new synthesis proceeds via the [3+2] cycloaddition of p-benzoquinone and 2,3-dihydrofuran, followed by a Lewis acid-catalyzed isomerization. This molecule proves to be a competent agonist (equipotent to serotonin) of the 5-HT3 receptor, demonstrating that the indolic proton of serotonin is not essential to its activation of the receptor.
已开发出一种合成1-氧代-5-羟基色胺(血清素的苯并呋喃类似物)的新路线。新合成方法是通过对苯醌与2,3-二氢呋喃的[3+2]环加成反应,然后进行路易斯酸催化的异构化反应。该分子被证明是5-HT3受体的有效激动剂(与血清素等效),这表明血清素的吲哚质子对其激活该受体并非必不可少。