Abstract
β-Carboline which was protected at N-9 by an acyl group derived from l-pyroglutamic acid reacted with allyltributyltin or silyl enol ethers in the presence of an alkyl chloroformate in a highly diastereoselective manner to give 1-substituted 1,2-dihydro-β-carbolines. The compounds were readily transformed to the corresponding asymmetric 1-substituted tetrahydro-β-carbolines that are common partial structures in a variety of indole alkaloids.
Key words
β-carboline - allyltributyltin - silyl enol ether - pyroglutamic acid - asymmetric addition - indole alkaloid
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N-Protected l-pyroglutamic acids were readily prepared from the reaction of t-butyl l-pyroglutamate and an alkyl halide in the presence of NaH, followed by hydrolysis.
7 The compound 1 was obtained as follows: To the mixture of N-alkyl l-pyroglutamic acid (0.5 mmol) and β-carboline (0.5 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (1 mL) was added ethyl-(N,N′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.6 mmol), and the mixture was reacted for 3 h at room temperature. Then the solvent was evaporated off, and the residue thus formed was chromatographed on silica gel (EtOAc) to give 9-acyl-β-carbolines 1.
8 Experimental procedure: To the CH2Cl2 solution (1 mL) of 9-acyl-β-carboline 1 (0.1 mmol) and allyltributyltin (0.3 mmol), 2,2,2-trichloroethyl chloroformate (0.2 mmol) was added at -40 °C under Ar atmosphere, and the reaction was continued for 24 h at the same temperature. Then 3 M aqueous KF solution was added to the solution, and the mixture was allowed to stir vigorously for 1 h. The organic layer was separated, dried over MgSO4, and evaporated off to leave the residue, which was chromatographed on silica gel to afford the adduct 2. The compound 2 was dissolved in THF (1 mL), and treated with 1 M aqueous KOH solution (2 mL) for 30 min. Then H2O was added to the mixture, which was extracted with CH2Cl2 to give pure 3. The aqueous layer was acidified with HCl and extracted with CH2Cl2 to afford the recovered chiral auxiliary.
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