1-Oxo-5-hydroxytryptamine: A Surprisingly Potent Agonist of the 5-HT<sub>3</sub> (Serotonin) Receptor
作者:Sean M. A. Kedrowski、Kiowa S. Bower、Dennis A. Dougherty
DOI:10.1021/ol071083s
日期:2007.8.1
A novel synthetic route to 1-oxo-5-hydroxytryptamine, the benzofuran analogue of serotonin, has been developed. The new synthesis proceeds via the [3+2] cycloaddition of p-benzoquinone and 2,3-dihydrofuran, followed by a Lewis acid-catalyzed isomerization. This molecule proves to be a competent agonist (equipotent to serotonin) of the 5-HT3 receptor, demonstrating that the indolic proton of serotonin is not essential to its activation of the receptor.