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Photoinduced oxidation of tryptamine derivatives. Formation of pyrrolo[2,3-b]indole and N b-(4-cyanobutadienyl)tryptamine

Masako Nakagawa, Takao Kaneko, Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Abstract

Irradiation (253·7 nm) of NaNb-dimethyltryptamine with pyridine N-oxide produced 1,8-dimethyl-3a-hydroxy-2,3,3a,8a-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole (4), whilst with visible light Nb-(4-cyanobutadienyl)-NaNb-dimethyltryptamine (5) was obtained.

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Key concepts: Tryptamine, Indole test, Chemistry, Tryptamines, Stereochemistry, Tryptophan, Biochemistry, Amino acid