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SUBMITTER: Rose TE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6014094 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rose Tristin E TE Curtin Brice H BH Lawson Kenneth V KV Simon Adam A Houk K N KN Harran Patrick G PG
Chemical science 20160309 7
A Friedel-Crafts alkylation is described that efficiently transforms tryptophan-containing peptides into macrocycles of varying ring connectivity. Factors are surveyed that influence the distribution of regioisomers, with a focus on indole C3-alkylations leading to bridged <i>endo</i>-pyrroloindolines. We probe the stability and stereochemistry of these pyrroloindolines, study their rearrangement to C2-linked indolic macrocycles, and demonstrate a scalable, stereoselective synthesis of this comp ...[more]