4414-76-0Relevant articles and documents
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Kamal et al.
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Aqueous Titanium Trichloride Promoted Reductive Cyclization of o-Nitrostyrenes to Indoles: Development and Application to the Synthesis of Rizatriptan and Aspidospermidine
Tong, Shuo,Xu, Zhengren,Mamboury, Mathias,Wang, Qian,Zhu, Jieping
, p. 11809 - 11812 (2015/10/05)
Treatment of o-nitrostyrenes with aqueous TiCl3 solution at room temperature afforded indoles through a formal reductive C(sp2)-H amination process. A range of functions such as halides (Cl, Br), carbonyl (ester, carbamate), cyano, hydroxy, and amino groups were tolerated. From β,β-disubstituted o-nitrostyrenes, 2,3-disubstituted indoles were formed by a domino reduction/cyclization/migration process. Mild conditions, simple experimental procedure, ready accessibility of the starting materials and good to excellent yields characterize the present transformation. The methodology was used as a key step in a concise synthesis of rizatriptan and a formal total synthesis of aspidospermidine. Mild and efficient treatment of o-nitrostyrenes with aqueous TiCl3 solution at room temperature afforded indoles through a formal reductive C(sp2)-Hamination process. A concise synthesis of a marketed drug (rizatriptan) and a formal total synthesis of aspidospermidine featuring this novel N-heterocyclization process are reported.
Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) inhibitors. 3-(2-(pyridyl)ethenyl)indoles as potential anticancer immunomodulators
Dolu?i?, Eduard,Larrieu, Pierre,Moineaux, Laurence,Stroobant, Vincent,Pilotte, Luc,Colau, Didier,Pochet, Lionel,Van Den Eynde, Beno?t,Masereel, Bernard,Wouters, Johan,Frédérick, Rapha?l
supporting information; experimental part, p. 5320 - 5334 (2011/10/02)
Tryptophan catabolism mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is an important mechanism of peripheral immune tolerance contributing to tumoral immune resistance. IDO inhibition is thus an active area of research in drug development. Recently, our group has shown that tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO), an unrelated hepatic enzyme also catalyzing the first step of tryptophan degradation, is also expressed in many tumors and that this expression prevents tumor rejection by locally depleting tryptophan. Herein, we report a structure-activity study on a series of 3-(2-(pyridyl)ethenyl)indoles. More than 70 novel derivatives were synthesized, and their TDO inhibitory potency was evaluated. The rationalization of the structure-activity relationships (SARs) revealed essential features to attain high TDO inhibition and notably a dense H-bond network mainly involving His55 and Thr254 residues. Our study led to the identification of a very promising compound (58) displaying good TDO inhibition (Ki = 5.5 μM), high selectivity, and good oral bioavailability. Indeed, 58 was chosen for preclinical evaluation.
