A novel palladium-catalyzed cyclization of indole phytoalexin brassinin and its 1-substituted derivatives†
Abstract
A novel simple synthetic approach to spiroindoline phytoalexins and their derivatives has been developed. The spirocyclization of brassinin and its 1-substituted derivatives was achieved using palladium catalyst PdCl2(CH3CN)2 in DMSO at 80 °C in the presence of water, methanol or aniline.