Biomimetic synthesis of brevicolline from tryptophan, acetaldehyde, and N-methyl-Δ1-pyrrolinium acetate
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 18,p. 821-822
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39790000821
Abstract
1-Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid, produced in situ from tryptophan and acetaldehyde, was oxidatively decarboxylated with sodium hypochlorite affording a dihydro-β-carboline which on condensation with N-methyl-Δ1-pyrrolinium acetate and subsequent aerial oxidation afforded brevicolline.Keywords
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