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Synthesis and intramolecular photoaddition of an indole quinonediazide

RJ Sundberg, T Nishiguchi

Index: Sundberg, Richard J.; Nishiguchi, Takeshi Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 44 p. 4773 - 4776

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Abstract

Summary An intramolecular carbenoid photoadditionroute to the unique spire-cyclopropane indol-7-one ring system of the antibiotic CC-1065 has been explored. The diazo transfer reaction of a 7-hydroxyindole intermediate leads via a 6-diazo intermediate to an isomericring system.