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SUBMITTER: Setterholm NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4445863 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tetrahedron letters 20150601 23
<i>N</i>-[2-(5-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-2-oxopiperidine-3-carboxamide (HIOC) is a potent activator of the TrkB receptor in mammalian neurons and of interest because of its potential therapeutic uses. In the absence of a commercial supply of HIOC, we sought to produce several grams of material. However, a synthesis of HIOC has never been published. Herein we report the preparation of HIOC by the chemoselective <i>N</i>-acylation of serotonin, without using blocking groups in the key acylation ...[more]