A new efficient synthesis of ethyl β-carboline-3-carboxylate (β-CCE) and methyl 4-methyl-β-carboline-3-carboxylate (4-methyl-β-CCM) starting fr
作者:Mouloud Dekhane、Robert H. Dodd
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(01)80649-9
日期:1994.1
Ethyl beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (9) and methyl 4-methyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (15) were prepared in high yields hy condensing indole-2-carboxaldehyde (5) (itself prepared by lithium aluminum hydride reduction of the Weinreb amide derived from indole-2-carboxylic acid) with ethyl 2-amino-3,3-diethoxypropionate (6) and methyl 2-amino-3,3-diethoxybutyrate (12), respectively, followed by reduction of the imine bonds formed with sodium cyanoborohydride and cyclization of the resulting amines (8 and 14, respectively) using titanium (IV) chloride.