Synlett 2006(20): 3403-3406  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958427
LETTER
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Diastereoselectivity in the Synthesis of syn-cis-3a-Hydroxypyrrolo[2,3-b]indoline N α -Methyl-dipeptide Methyl Esters

Jonathan P. May, Brian O. Patrick, David M. Perrin*
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Publication History

Received 14 June 2006
Publication Date:
08 December 2006 (online)

Abstract

Described herein is a high yielding, diastereoselective synthesis of the syn-cis hydroxypyrroloindoline moiety by oxidation of the N α-trityl-tryptophan-N α -methyl-dipeptide methyl esters.