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Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene Pyrazolones
Published on: February 7, 2019
Studies directed toward the synthesis of cryptoheptine
1Shaman Pharmaceuticals, 213 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080-4812, USA.
Abstract:
Synthesis of 5,10-dihydro-10-methylindolo[3, 2-b][1]benzazepin-12(11H)-one (2), an isomer of the reported structure for cryptoheptine (1), is presented. Attempts to convert 2 to 1 led to 10-methylindolo[3,2-b][1]benzazepin-12-one (10), an oxidation product of 2 and presumably 1. These results highlight the potential instability of cryptoheptine and cast doubt on its proposed structure.
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