The raputindoles: novel cyclopentyl bisindole alkaloids from Raputia simulans
Konstantina Vougogiannopoulou1, Nikolas Fokialakis, Nektarios Aligiannis
1Division of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli Zografou, Athens, Greece.
Organic Letters
|April 17, 2010
Abstract:
A novel class of bisindole alkaloids is established by the isolation and structural determination of raputindoles A-D (1-4) from the Amazonian plant Raputia simulans Kallunki (Rutaceae). Complete spectroscopic characterization was accomplished by means of NMR spectroscopy and APCI (+) HRMS. Raputindoles A-D possess a cyclopentyl moiety fused on the benzene part of the indole ring, originating from the combination of prenylated indole monomers.

