A Convenient Synthesis of the Pyrrolo[3,2-c]quinoline Core of Martinelline Alkaloids

Abstract

The tricyclic core of the martinellines has been synthesised stereoselectively in two steps, using 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides as a key step.

Key words

amino acids and derivatives - cycloadditions - pyrrolidines - quinolines

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