4119-10-2Relevant articles and documents
A SHORT SYNTHESIS OF RUTECARPINE AND/OR VASICOLINONE FROM 2-CHLORO-3-(INDOL-3-YL)ETHYLQUINAZOLIN-4(3H)-ONE: EVIDENCE FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF THE SPIRO INTERMEDIATE
Kaneko, Chikara,Chiba, Takuo,Kasai, Kouichi,Miwa, Chiemi
, p. 1385 - 1390 (2007/10/02)
A new route to rutecarpine and/or vasicolinone from 2-chloro-4-quinazolone through an acid catalyzed cyclization of 2-chloro-3-indolylethylquinazolin-4-one has been developed and the mechanism of the cyclization reaction clarified.
Studies of Rutaecarpine and Related Quinazolinocarboline Alkaloids
Bergman, Jan,Bergman, Solveig
, p. 1246 - 1255 (2007/10/02)
Quinazolinocarboline alkaloids, e.g., rutaecarpine (1), can readily be synthesized by treating tryptamine with 2-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one (quickly generated in situ from trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA) and 2H-3,1-benzoxazine-2,4(1H)-dione.The product formed, 3--2-(trifluoromethyl)-4-(3H)-quinazolinone (5), is then cyclized (HCl/HOAc) to 13b-(trifluoromethyl)-13b,14-dihydrorutaecarpine (6), whereupon CF3H is eliminated by treatment with base.The sequence can conveniently be performed as a three-reaction one-pot procedure giving rutaecarpine (1) in 99percent yield within 3h.The approach can readily be extended to the synthesis of evodiamine (2), 13,13b-dehydroevodiamine (38a), and 13b,14-dihydrorutaecarpine (21).Thus treatment of 3--4(3H)-quinazolinone (19) with TFAA affected cyclization to 13b-(trifluoroacetyl)-13b,14-dihydrorutaecarpine (20), which can be readily hydrolyzed to 13b,14-dihydrorutaecarpine (21).