Construction of Indole Structure on Pyrroloindolines via AgNTf2-Mediated Amination/Cyclization Cascade: Application to Total Synthesis of (+)-Pestalazine B

Hiroyuki Hakamata, Hirofumi Ueda, Hidetoshi Tokuyama

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Abstract

An N-linked indole structure was constructed on the 3a-position of pyrroloindoline derivatives via a cascade process involving silver-mediated amination of bromopyrroloindolines with 2-ethynylanilines with subsequent 5-endo-dig cyclization. In this reaction, AgNTf2 was used as a tandem reagent, which activated the bromo group as a σ-Lewis acid and the alkyne moiety as a π-Lewis acid. Switching from the initial step to the second step was conducted by controlling the temperature. This protocol was applied to the synthesis of various pyrroloindolines, α-carboline, and furoindolines and the total synthesis of a dimeric indole alkaloid, (+)-pestalazine B.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4205-4209
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume21
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Jun 7

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