title: Novel syntheses of murrayaquinone A and furostifoline through 4-oxygenated carbazoles by allene-mediated electrocyclic reactions starting from 2-chloroindole-3-carbaldehyde.
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-alcarbazole (24), prepared from 7b, was subjected to reductive cleavage to provide furostifoline (5).
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Choshi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nobuhiro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hibino
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005663:Furans / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D016227:Benzoquinones; D002227:Carbazoles; D005663:Furans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; C062196:murrayaquinone A; C440197:furostifoline