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ID: ALA1152234

Journal: Bioorg Med Chem

Title: Synthesis and antitumoral evaluation of indole alkaloid analogues containing an hexahydropyrrolo[1',2',3':1,9a,9]imidazo[1,2-a]indole skeleton.

Authors: Ventosa-Andrés P, González-Vera JA, Valdivielso AM, Teresa García-López M, Herranz R.

Abstract: The scope of acid-mediated cyclative additions of electrophiles to tryptophan-derived alpha-amino nitriles for the synthesis of 10b-substituted-1,2,4,5,10b,10c-hexahydropyrrolo[1',2',3':1,9a,9]imidazo[1,2-a]indoles analogues of indole alkaloids has been studied. The results demonstrate the high potential of the methodology for the synthesis of 10b-bromo-derivatives, by bromination with NBS, 10b-allyl-derivatives, by bromo-allyl exchange, and 10b-prenyl-derivatives, by reaction with prenyl bromide in the presence of Mg(NO(3))(2).6H(2)0. Some of the new pyrroloimidazoindole derivatives displayed moderate microM cytotoxicities in human cancer cell lines and at 10 microg/mL inhibited more than 50% EGFR or HIF-1alpha.

CiteXplore: 18818089

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.08.070