Facile and efficient one-pot synthesis of β-carbolines

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1411-1417

  Tang, Jian Guo ^a,b   Liu, Han ^a   Zhou, Zhong Yu ^b   Liu, Ji Kai ^b  

^a Hongta Group Tobacco Limited Corporation   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Carboline; One pot; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

1 (1' BUTENYL)BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (2' BENZOFURYL)BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (2' FURYL) 6 FUORO BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (2' INDOLY)BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (2' NAPHTHYL)BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (2' PYRIDYL)BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (2' QUINDYL) 6 METHOXY BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (2' THIOYL) 6 METHOXY BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (4' TRIFUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 6 METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 (5' ACEOXYLMETHYL 2' FURYL) 7 FUORO BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 CYCLOPENTYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 ETHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 ISOPROPYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; 1 N PROPYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC METHYL ESTER; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PICTET SPENGLER REACTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951573819     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903097245     Document Type: Article

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