First Total Synthesis of 9-Hydroxy-8H-pyrano[3,2-f]indol-2-one

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Abstract

A simple and efficient approach to synthesize a novel pyrrolocoumarin 9-hydroxy-8H-pyrano[3,2-f]indol-2-one (7) has been described. Starting from vanillin, the key intermediate 7-methoxy-1H-indol-6-yl propiolate (6) was synthesized in six steps. Then, the target compound was obtained by forming pyrone-ring and demethylation simultaneously in one step. A plausible mechanism invoking PtCl4 catalyzed one-step reaction of cyclization and demethylation was also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1406-1410
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2015

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