Endo-selective quenching of hexahydropyrrolo [2, 3-b] indole-based N-acyliminium ions

RL Meza-León, D Crich, S Bernès…

Index: Crich, David; Lim, Linda B.L. Heterocycles, 1993 , vol. 36, # 6 p. 1199 - 1204

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Abstract

Radical decarboxylation of l-tryptophan-derived (2 S, 3a R, 8a S)-8-arylsulfonyl-1, 2-di (methoxycarbonyl)-1, 2, 3, 3a, 8, 8a-hexahydro-2 H-pyrrolo [2, 3-b] indoles 8 and 9 in the presence of diphenyl diselenide results in the endo-selective formation of (2 R, 3a R, 8a S)-8-