Synthesis 2012; 44(11): 1667-1671
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291006
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Oxidative Cyclization Reactions of Tryptamine Utilizing Hypervalent Iodobenzene in Routes for Pyrroloindole Alkaloid Synthesis

Daichi Kajiyama
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi 3-14-1, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan , Fax: +81(45)5661717   Email: nisiyama@chem.keio.ac.jp
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Tsuyoshi Saitoh
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi 3-14-1, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan , Fax: +81(45)5661717   Email: nisiyama@chem.keio.ac.jp
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Satoshi Yamaguchi
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi 3-14-1, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan , Fax: +81(45)5661717   Email: nisiyama@chem.keio.ac.jp
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Shigeru Nishiyama*
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi 3-14-1, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan , Fax: +81(45)5661717   Email: nisiyama@chem.keio.ac.jp
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Publication History

Received: 31 March 2012

Accepted after revision: 10 April 2012

Publication Date:
10 May 2012 (online)


Abstract

Oxidative cyclization of N-acetyltryptamine by using iodobenzene­ diacetate (PIDA) provided the corresponding 1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indol-3a-ol derivative, which could be derivatized following appropriate protection of the two amino and tert-hydroxyl groups. The facile one-pot procedure for cyclization and introduction of the oxygen functionality was applied in concise routes for the synthesis of the natural products CPC-1 and debromoflustraminol B.