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

Miklós  Nyerges; Imre  Fejes; László  Tõke

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

Miklós Nyerges*, Imre Fejes, László Tõke
Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Organic Chemical Technology, Technical University of Budapest, 1521 Budapest P.O.B. 91, Hungary
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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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