New synthetic protocols for the preparation of unsymmetrical bisindoles

Org Lett. 2006 Dec 7;8(25):5761-4. doi: 10.1021/ol062338p.

Abstract

Novel unsymmetrical bisindoles were synthesized by a solvent-free C-C bond-formation reaction under mild conditions. Starting from aziridines or hydroxyl precursors, indoles have been used as C-nucleophiles to form new pharmacologically interesting bisindoles via an electrophilic aromatic substitution pathway in good to excellent yields. [reaction: see text]

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aziridines / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Hydroxyl Radical
  • Indoles / chemical synthesis*
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Staurosporine / chemistry

Substances

  • Aziridines
  • Indoles
  • Hydroxyl Radical
  • Staurosporine