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Cobalt-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of free (NH)-tetrahydro-β-carbolinones from tryptamine derivatives†
Jun
Ying 
*a
and
Xiao-Feng
Wu
*bc
*a
and
Xiao-Feng
Wu
*bc
Abstract
A new cobalt-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of free (NH)-tetrahydro-β-carbolinones from tryptamine derivatives has been developed. This reaction employs a cobalt(II) salt as the non-noble catalyst with TFBen as the CO source, and a variety of free (NH)-tetrahydro-β-carbolinones were produced in good yields using a traceless directing group strategy. Furthermore, late-stage modifications of several bioactive molecules (sorbic acid, probenecid, and febuxostat) could also be realized. The oxidant, silver salt, can be recycled and reused.
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