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■ Synthesis of 5-Methylindole-4,7-quinone through a New Construction of the Functionalized Indole Ring Based on the Allene-mediated Electrocyclic Reaction Involving the Pyrrole [b]-Bond

Maho Hirayama, Tominari Choshi, Teppei Kumemura, Shigeo Tohyama, Junko Nobuhiro, and Satoshi Hibino*

*Graduate School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 729-0292, Japan

Abstract

A new synthesis of an indole ring based on an electrocyclic reaction of a 2-alkenyl-3-allenylpyrrole intermediate generating from 2-ethenyl-3-propargylpyrrole was established. A synthesis of 5-methylindole-4,7-quinone (1) was completed in seven steps from the 4-oxygenated 5-methylindole (13a). It was demonstrated that the structure of natural product (1), isolated from Dropella fragum, is not at least 5-methylindole-4,7-quinone (1).