Sajjad Ali, Shun-Ming Yu, Z. Yao
Jul 5, 2016
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
A short economic synthesis of pyrimidoindole derivative UM171, a potent agonist for the ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells, has been developed in this work. A unique [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement upon a hydroxamic precursor followed by base-promoted cyclization was successfully applied as the key step, furnishing the fully functionalized indole nucleus. The current synthesis is not only capable of affording UM171 in gram quantities but also offers great flexibility in late-stage diversification. Three new analogues of UM171 were synthesized accordingly in excellent yields using the common indole-carboxamide intermediate.