Novel syntheses of murrayaquinone A and furostifoline through 4-oxygenated carbazoles by allene-mediated electrocyclic reactions starting from 2-chloroindole-3-carbaldehyde

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Abstract

The formal total synthesis of murrayaquinone A (1) and the total synthesis of furostifoline (5) were completed by the construction of 4-oxygenated 3-methylcarbazoles 7 based on a new type of electrocyclic reaction through 2-alkenyl-3-allenylindole intermediates 8 derived from the 2-alkenyl-3-propargylindoles 9, starting from 2-chloroindole-3-carbaldehyde (11). The N, O-bisbenzyloxymethyl group of 16c and 22 underwent a Birch reduction followed by treatment with Triton B to produce the known 4-hydroxy-3-methylcarbazole (7a) and 4-hydroxy-3-methylfuro[3, 2-a]carbazole (7b) as precursors of murrayaquinone A (1) and furostifoline (5), respectively. The trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy-3-methylfuro[3, 2-a]carbazole (24), prepared from 7b, was subjected to reductive cleavage to provide furostifoline (5).

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Hagiwara, H., Choshi, T., Nobuhiro, J., Fujimoto, H., & Hibino, S. (2001). Novel syntheses of murrayaquinone A and furostifoline through 4-oxygenated carbazoles by allene-mediated electrocyclic reactions starting from 2-chloroindole-3-carbaldehyde. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 49(7), 881–886. https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.49.881

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