Synthesis 2020; 52(11): 1680-1686
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690871
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Synthesis of Novel Quinolone- Bis(indolyl)methane Hybrids as Promising α-Glucosidase Inhibitors

Authors

  • Lian Duan

    a   State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China
    b   Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China   Email: lsheng@126.com
  • Ming-Xing Zuo

    a   State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China
    b   Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China   Email: lsheng@126.com
  • Kai-Qiang Xie

    a   State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China
    b   Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China   Email: lsheng@126.com
  • Yuan-Cui Liu

    a   State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China
    b   Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China   Email: lsheng@126.com
  • Wen-Zhuang Qiu

    a   State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China
    b   Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China   Email: lsheng@126.com
  • Li-Ping Wang

    a   State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China
    b   Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China   Email: lsheng@126.com
  • Sheng Liu

    a   State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China
    b   Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550014, P. R. of China   Email: lsheng@126.com

The work was financially supported by NSFC (No. 21762014) and Guizhou Provincial Engineering Research Center for Natural Drugs.
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Publication History

Received: 14 February 2020

Accepted after revision: 10 March 2020

Publication Date:
30 March 2020 (online)


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§ These authors contributed equally to this work

Abstract

An unexpected cascade reaction is developed for the construction of functionalized 3-bis(indol-3-yl)methylquinoline-2(1H)-ones. Three C–C bonds and one ring are created in one pot triggered by Pd-catalyzed C-3 alkenylation of indole with 2-acyl-N-acrylaniline derivatives. A series of complex and specific quinoline-2(1H)-ones were produced, most of them showed significant α-glucosidase inhibitory activities.

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