Synthesis 2013; 45(6): 743-752
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316857
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Total Synthesis of 4-Azaeudistomin Y1 and Analogues by Inverse-Electron­Demand Diels–Alder Reactions of 3-Aminoindoles with 1,3,5-Triazines

Guoxing Xu
The Center for Combinatorial Chemistry and Drug Discovery, The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(431)85188955   Email: Qun_dang@merck.com   Email: xbai@jlu.edu.cn
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Lianyou Zheng
The Center for Combinatorial Chemistry and Drug Discovery, The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(431)85188955   Email: Qun_dang@merck.com   Email: xbai@jlu.edu.cn
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Qun Dang*
The Center for Combinatorial Chemistry and Drug Discovery, The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(431)85188955   Email: Qun_dang@merck.com   Email: xbai@jlu.edu.cn
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Xu Bai*
The Center for Combinatorial Chemistry and Drug Discovery, The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(431)85188955   Email: Qun_dang@merck.com   Email: xbai@jlu.edu.cn
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Publication History

Received: 02 January 2013

Accepted after revision: 24 January 2013

Publication Date:
11 February 2013 (online)


Abstract

A new inverse-electron-demand Diels–Alder (IDA) reaction of 3-aminoindoles as dienophiles was developed for the efficient preparation of 4-aza-β-carbolines in high yields. Because N1-unprotected 3-aminoindoles show poor thermal stability, a one-pot protocol was developed that combines the removal of tert-butoxycarbonyl protecting groups with the IDA reaction. This protocol, using tert-butyl 1H-indol-3-ylcarbamates as reactants, gave the corresponding IDA products in excellent yields. The new IDA methodology was used in a total synthesis of 4-azaeudistomin Y1, which was obtained in 57% overall yield in four steps. Moreover, the chemistry is suitable for the rapid preparation, through either Friedel–Crafts acylation or amide-formation reactions, of analogues that are useful for exploring structure–activity relationships at the C1-position.

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