DOI: 10.1039/d6ob01413e ISSN: 1477-0520

Aerobic base-catalyzed rearrangement in triterpenic indoles: an access to spirooxindoles, indolenines, and quinolones

Anastasiya V. Kerimova, Alexander I. Poptsov, Liana M. Zakirova, Tatyana V. Rybalova, Dmitriy N. Polovyanenko, Oxana B. Kazakova

A mild, base-catalyzed aerobic rearrangement enables the conversion of readily available indolo-triterpenoids into spirooxyindoles, C2-substituted indolenines, and quinolones. The first example of a triterpenic C1(2)-epoxy-derivative was observed.

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