F. Bracher et D. Hildebrand, BETA-CARBOLINE ALKALOIDS .2. TRIBUTYL(1-E THOXYVINYL)STANNANE AS A C2-BUILDING BLOCK IN THE SYNTHESES OF BETA-CARBOLINE ALKALOIDS, Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, (8), 1993, pp. 837-839
1-Acetyl-beta-carboline (4) is prepared by palladium-catalyzed couplin
g of 1-chloro-beta-carboline (1) with tributyl(l-ethoxyvinyl)stannane
(3) and subsequent hydrolysis with aqueous acid. Reduction of 4 with N
aBH4 gives the alkaloid 5. Nitra-marine (7) and annomontine (9) are pr
epared from 4 by one-pot conversions of the acetyl group to a quinolin
e or an aminopyrimidine ring, respectively.