A Facile Route to Indolo[2,1-<i>a</i>]isoquinolines and Dibenzopyrrocoline Alkaloids
作者:Kazuhiko Orito、Rika Harada、Shiho Uchiito、Masao Tokuda
DOI:10.1021/ol005802d
日期:2000.6.1
Treatment of 1-(2'-bromobenzyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines 2 in the presence of K2CO3 in boiling DMF efficiently provided a variety of alkoxy-substituted indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines 3. Application of this cyclization to 7-benzyloxyisoquinoline derivatives, followed by further elaboration of the resultant 2-benzyloxy-5,6-dihydroindolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines 16a,b, led to the formal synthesis of dibenzopyrrocoline alkaloids, (+/-)-cryptaustoline (1a) and (+/-)-cryptowoline (1b).