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SUBMITTER: Newhouse T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2874090 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20100501 20
This report details the invention of a method to enable syntheses of psychotrimine (1) and the kapakahines F and B (2, 3) on a gram scale and in a minimum number of steps. Mechanistic inquiries are presented for the key enabling quaternization of indole at the C3 position by electrophilic attack of an activated aniline species. Excellent chemo-, regio-, and diastereoselectivities are observed for reactions with o-iodoaniline, an indole cation equivalent. Additionally, the scope of this reaction ...[more]