Dimeric Murrayafoline A, a potential Bis-Carbazole Alkaloid: 'Biomimetic' Synthesis, Atropoisomer Separation, and Antimalarial Activity
摘要:
The first total synthesis of a (potential) dimeric carbazole alkaloid is described. After an improved preparation of the monomeric building block, ''biomimetic dimerization'' by oxidative phenolic coupling was best achieved with di-terf-butyl peroxide in chlorobenzene, leading to a highly selective formation of the 2,2'-coupled ''dimer'', the parent framework of several naturally occurring dimeric carbazole alkaloids. For the atropo-enantiomer analysis, a chromatographic procedure on a chiral phase was developed. Both the mono- and the dimeric phenolic carbazoles displayed in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum.