Coste Alexis, Toumi Mathieu, Wright Karen, Razafimahaléo Vanessa, Couty François, Marrot Jérome, Evano Gwilherm
Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, 45, avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France.
Org Lett. 2008 Sep 4;10(17):3841-4. doi: 10.1021/ol8015513. Epub 2008 Aug 6.
Pyrroloindoles are a key structural motif found in a wide number of biologically active alkaloids. Intramolecular copper-catalyzed coupling of readily accessible 2-iodo-tryptophan derivatives occurs in excellent yield, affording a wide range of polysubstituted, enantioenriched tetrahydropyrrolo[2,3- b]indoles. Diketopiperazines are also suitable substrates for this cyclization reaction, which affords a straightforward entry to tetra- to hepta-polycyclic systems.
吡咯并吲哚是在大量生物活性生物碱中发现的关键结构基序。易于获得的2-碘色氨酸衍生物的分子内铜催化偶联反应产率极高,可得到多种多取代的对映体富集的四氢吡咯并[2,3-b]吲哚。二酮哌嗪也是这种环化反应的合适底物,这为构建四到七元多环体系提供了一条直接的途径。