A COBALT-CATALYZED ENTRY INTO THE ERGOT ALKALOIDS - TOTAL SYNTHESES OF + --LYSERGENE AND +/--LSD/

Citation
C. Saa et al., A COBALT-CATALYZED ENTRY INTO THE ERGOT ALKALOIDS - TOTAL SYNTHESES OF + --LYSERGENE AND +/--LSD/, Synlett, (7), 1994, pp. 487-489
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
09365214
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
487 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-5214(1994):7<487:ACEITE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Cocyclization of 4-ethynyl-3-indoleacetonitriles with alkynes in the p resence of CpCo(CO)2 gives rise to the ergoline derivatives 6-9, two o f which were transformed into racemic lysergene and LSD, respectively.