Novel approach to biscarbazole alkaloids via Ullmann coupling – synthesis of murrastifoline-A and bismurrayafoline-A
Author(s) -
Carsten Börger,
Olga Kataeva,
HansJoachim Knölker
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
organic and biomolecular chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.923
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1477-0539
pISSN - 1477-0520
DOI - 10.1039/c2ob26229k
Subject(s) - chemistry , yield (engineering) , ullmann reaction , combinatorial chemistry , coupling (piping) , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , mechanical engineering , materials science , engineering , metallurgy
Unprecedented Ullmann couplings of murrayafoline-A with either 6-bromo- or 4-bromocarbazole derivatives provide highly efficient synthetic routes to the biscarbazole alkaloids murrastifoline-A (6 steps, 66% overall yield) and bismurrayafoline-A (6 steps, 28% overall yield).
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