Biomimetic synthesis and analytics of the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist 1-(furan-2-yl)-2-(1H-indol-3-yl)ethanone, and its 1-(thiophen-2-yl) and 1-(pyrrol-2-yl) analogues

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2349-2358

  Opietnik, Martina ^a   Mereiter, Kurt ^b   Kosma, Paul ^a   Jungbauer, Alois ^a   Rosenau, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

(3 indolyl)methyl ketones; 3 indolylcarbinol; AhR; Ascorbate; Ascorbic acid; Ascorbigen; C alkylation; Decarboxylation; Human aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOXYLATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; KETONES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SILICA GEL; ZINC OXIDE;

(3-INDOLYL)METHYL KETONE; 3-INDOLYLCARBINOL; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ASCORBATE; ASCORBIGEN; C-ALKYLATION; DECARBOXYLATION; HUMAN ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; METHYL KETONES; REARRANGEMENT;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 84893168117     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13852728113179990026     Document Type: Article

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