Search results for "Indole"

Study of a medium-size biological molecular association by means of a pair potential semiempirical approach: β-carboline-lumiflavin

1985

The molecular association between some substituted β-carbolines and a model flavin, lumiflavin, has been studied by means of a semiempirical approach proposed by Fraga based on a 1/R expansion of atom-atom pair potentials. Only stacked minima have been considered because of their possible biological interest. The calculations characterize 15 different minimum stacked conformations, most of them occurring in the complexes considered. The structural and energetic effects of 1–Me, 6–OH and 7–OH substituents of β-carboline are discussed. An equilibrium conformation involving geometric overlap between the pteridinic portion of flavin and the indole group of β-carboline is predicted to be the mos…

Studies on the Biosynthesis of Paraherquamide: Synthesis and Incorporation of a Hexacyclic Indole Derivative as an Advanced Metabolite

2001

Synthesis, labelling and evaluation of hydantoin-substituted indole carboxylic acids as potential ligands for positron emission tomography imaging of…

2011

The N-methyl- d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor as a type of ionotropic glutamatergic receptors is essential for physiological processes such as learning, memory and synaptic plasticity. A glutamate-induced overactivation of these receptors, accompanied by increased intracellular calcium concentration, causes cell injury and leads to a large number of acute or chronic neurological disorders, such as stroke, trauma, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. In an attempt to visualise the glutamatergic neurotransmission in vivo with positron emission tomography, novel fluoroethoxy- and methoxy-substituted reference compounds based on the lead structure of a hydantoin-substituted indole-2-carboxy…

Palladium-catalyzed domino C-H/N-H functionalization: an efficient approach to nitrogen-bridged heteroacenes.

2015

Palladium-catalyzed domino C-H/N-H functionalization for the synthesis of novel nitrogen-bridged thienoacenes and 10H-benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-b]indole derivatives from dihaloarene is reported. This domino sequence consists of initial C-H functionalization of the benzo[b]thiophene moiety, followed by Buchwald-Hartwig coupling. This transformation is also useful for the synthesis of highly π-extended compounds.

Polycondensed nitrogen heterocycles. Part13. Pyrrolo[3,2-b]indole by intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction in the pyrrole series

1984

An intramolecular nucleophilic substitution in the pyrrole series has been generalized. The behaviour of nitro, chlorine, bromine and iodine as leaving groups towards the nucleophilic amino group was observed. An acid catalyzed mechanism has been proposed.

The Reactions of Electron-Rich Heterocycles with Derivatives of Orthocarboxylic Acids; VIII. Proton Acid-Catalyzed Acylation of Indoles by 2-Alkoxy-1…

1987

In acid-catalyzed reactions with 3-unsubstituted indoles 1, 2-alkoxy-1,3-dioxolanes 2a-c behave as acyl equivalents. Depending on the substitution patterns of the reaction partners, the 1,3-dioxolanium ions 3a-c, generated in situ from the cyclic ortho esters by the action of sulfosalicylic acid, react to form tris-(3-indolyl)alkanes 6 and 9, bis-(3-indolyl)ethenes 7, or 3-benzoylindoles 8. Analogous reactivity was observed with related acyclic ortho esters. Reaktionen elektronenreicher Heterocyclen mit Orthocarbonsaure-Derivaten; VIII. Protonsaurekatalysierte Acylierung von Indolen mit 2-Alkoxy-1,3-dioxolanen 2-Alkoxy-1,3-dioxolane 2a-c reagieren als Acylaquivalente mit 3-unsubstituierten …

Redox intermediates of plant and mammalian peroxidases: a comparative transient-kinetic study of their reactivity toward indole derivatives.

2002

Abstract A comparative study on the reactivity of five indole derivatives (tryptamine, N-acetyltryptamine, tryptophan, melatonin, and serotonin), with the redox intermediates compound I (k2) and compound II (k3) of the plant enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and the two mammalian enzymes lactoperoxidase (LPO) and myeloperoxidase (MPO), was performed using the sequential-mixing stopped-flow technique. The calculated bimolecular rate constants (k2, k3) revealed substantial differences regarding the oxidizability of the substrates by redox intermediates at pH 7.0 and 25°C. With HRP it was shown that k2 and k3 are mainly determined by the reduction potential (E°′) of the substrate with k2 bei…

Development of an efficient system for the separation of indole alkaloids by high performance liquid chromatography and its applications

2001

An efficient system for the analysis of indole alkaloids by HPLC on a reversed-phase column using an ion pair technique is described. The optimised chromatographic conditions allowed the successful separation of 22 standard monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (including some isomers) and tryptamine. The described HPLC system was applied to the analysis of alkaloids in intergeneric somatic hybrid cell cultures of Rauvolfia serpentina x Rhazya stricta.

ChemInform Abstract: Catalytic Enantioselective Friedel—Crafts Alkylation at the 2-Position of Indole with Simple Enones.

2008

Abstract A procedure for the enantioselective alkylation of indole at the 2-position with simple non-chelating enones is described for the first time. Reaction between 4,7-dihydroindole and enones in the presence of zirconium(IV)–BINOL complexes, followed by a p -benzoquinone oxidation gives indoles alkylated at the 2-position with good yields and moderate enantioselectivities.

Catalytic enantioselective Friedel–Crafts alkylation at the 2-position of indole with simple enones

2007

Abstract A procedure for the enantioselective alkylation of indole at the 2-position with simple non-chelating enones is described for the first time. Reaction between 4,7-dihydroindole and enones in the presence of zirconium(IV)–BINOL complexes, followed by a p -benzoquinone oxidation gives indoles alkylated at the 2-position with good yields and moderate enantioselectivities.