Aromatization of 1,6,7,7a-Tetrahydro-2<i>H</i>-indol-2-ones by a Novel Process. Preparation of Key-Intermediate Methyl 1-Benzyl-5-methoxy-1<i>H</i>-indole-3-acetate and the Syntheses of Serotonin, Melatonin, and Bufotenin
作者:Gilbert Revial、Ivan Jabin、Sethy Lim、Michel Pfau
DOI:10.1021/jo0110597
日期:2002.4.1
Imine 7 of 1,4-cyclohexanedione mono-ethylene ketal 6 was reacted with maleic anhydride, affording the cyclized adduct 8. Methyl esterification of 8, accompanied by transacetalization, led to the dihydrooxindole derivative 10. Aromatization of 10 was then accomplished with POCl3, leading directly to the key-intermediate title compound 11 in 74% yield from ketone 6. Serotonin, melatonin, and bufotenin were then obtained by standard reactions.