Efficient syntheses of yuehchukene and .beta.-(dehydroprenyl)indole
摘要:
Yuehchukene (1) has been synthesized by one-step transformations of both alcohols (E)-beta-(3-hydroxy-3-methylbutenyl)indole (3) and beta-(1-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyl)indole (4) under various reaction conditions. Alcohol 3 can be prepared efficiently from indole-3-carboxaldehyde (8) via a two-step reaction sequence. Alcohol 4, an isomer of 3, can be obtained from the same starting materials 8 in only one step. Alcohol 4 can be converted directly into beta-(dehydroprenyl)indole (2) in high yield under mild conditions via a base-induced dehydration. However, alcohol 3 does not give diene 2 under the same reaction conditions. Since diene 2 has been used as the key intermediate for the syntheses of yuehchukene (1), analogues of 1, and a cytotoxic compound, murrapanine (7), our present work also completes formal total syntheses of these bioactive compounds.
Synthesis of Yuehchukene Analogues, Murrapanine and Normurrapanine Utylizing Thermal Reaction of b-(1-Hydroxybutenyl)indoles under Neutral Reaction Conditions
作者:Jyh-Horng Sheu、Yua-Kuang Chen、Huey-Fen Chung、Ping-Jyun Sung、Song-Fong Lin
DOI:10.3987/com-96-7507
日期:——
beta-(1-Hydroxybutenyl)indoles, which were prepared in high yields from indole-3-carboxaldehyde, could be converted into yuehchukene analogues(8a, b) murrapanine (9a) and normurrapanine (9b) in one step under thermal-induced reaction conditions in neutral solution of ethylene glycol and water. beta-(1-Hydroxybutenyl)indoles are supposed to be dehydrated to 1-(beta-indolyl)-1,3-butadienes which react further to yuehchukene analogues via a Diels-Alder pathway. Murrapanine and normurrapanine showed a cytotoxicity toward KB cells.