Indole Mannich reaction with

An indole protected by a Mannich reaction with formaldehyde and dimethyl-amine is stable to lithiation. The protective group is removed with NaBH4 (EtOH, THE, reflux). The related piperidine analogue has been used similarly for the protection of a triazole. ... 

Oxyiminium cations formed from iV,0-diaIkyhydroxylamines and formaldehyde are sufficiently reactive for Mannich reactions with activated arenes. Mannich reactions of oxyiminium cations with indoles (e.g. 74, equation 48) " as well as pyrroles and furans but not phenol and thiophene have been reported. 

Reaction with indoles,5 Reaction with N,N-dimethyl(methylene)ammonium chloride is superior to reaction under conventional Mannich conditions for functionalization of various indoles. 

As with C-alkylation, the mechanism of amino group replacement can follow the elimination/addition or the nucleophilic replacement path. Both mechanisms are indeed mentioned in the literature and are cxrcasionally claimed to occur concurrently. The elimination/addition path is suggested in the reaction of p-aminoketones with uracils, and a four-centered transition state is proposed for the. same reaction with indole Mannich bases. ... 

These findings are understandable on the assumption that in the rate-determing step a zwitterionic intermediate is formed. A pronounced effect is also observed for the Mannich reaction of indoles with dichloromethane and secondary amines (Scheme 26 entry 6) indicating that polar intermediates are involved in this reaction. 

The trimer of 1-piperidine, best prepared by dehydrochlorination of N-chloropiperidine, has been known for some time. 1-Pyrroline also appears to exist largely as the trimer. Both undergo Mannich reactions with electron-rich heterocycles. Indole reacts with 1-piperidine in a citrate buffer to afford 3-(2-piperidyl)indole in 40-55% yield (equation 45). ° The iV-methylpiperidyl analog has also been... 

Also, a large number of indole alkaloids are formed by Mannich reactions involving tryptophan or its decarboxylation product tryptamine with various aldehydes. Both the a- and p-position of the indole nucleus are electronegative, and a Mannich reaction with tryptamine can yield a p-carboline derivative or a 3,3-spiroindolenine [30]. A further example is provided by the tropinone biosynthesis (Figure 1.29) [31 ]. 

One of the less elaborated indole alkaloid structural variations is typified by ebumamonine (78). A combined chemical and enzymatic route for its synthesis is shown in Scheme 6 (1994T9487, 1990JOC517). Condensation of the enantiopure aldehyde 76 with tryptamine in a classical intramolecular Mannich reaction, with concomitant lactam closure, produced the tetra-cycle 77. 

Colourless solid m.p. 132-134 C. An important intermediate for preparing indole derivatives, produced by treating indole under Mannich reaction conditions with methanal and dimethylamine. 

Indole (I) condenses with formaldehyde and dimethylamine in the presence of acetie acid (Mannich reaction see Section VI,20) largely in the 3-position to give 3 dimethylaminomethylindole or gramine (II). The latter reaets in hot aqueous ethanol with sodium cyanide to give the nitrile (III) upon boiling the reaction mixture, the nitrile undergoes hydrolysis to yield 3-indoleaeet-amide (IV), part of which is further hydrolysed to 3-indoleacetic acid (V, as sodium salt). The product is a readily separable mixture of 20 per cent, of (IV) and 80 per cent, of (V). 

Phenols, secondary and tertiary aromatic amines, pyrroles, and indoles can be aminomethylated by treatment with formaldehyde and a secondary amine. Other aldehydes have sometimes been employed. Aminoalkylation is a special case of the Mannich reaction (16-15). When phenols and other activated aromatic compounds are treated withA-hydroxymethylchloroacetamide, amidomethylation takes place " ... 

The mechanism of the Mannich reaction is similar to that of the Vilsmeier reaction as the electrophile is also a methyleniminium cation, formed this time from a condensation of dimethylamine and formaldehyde in acetic acid solution (Scheme 7.7a). This reacts with indole to yield 3-(A, 7V-dimethylaminomethyl)indole (although not shown, it is possible that initial attack occurs at N-1 and rearrangement of the side chain to C-3 takes place in a follow-up step) (Scheme 7.7b). Scheme 7.7... 

To make use of the Mannich reaction it is possible to methylate the N-atom of the new side chain and eliminate trimethylamine. The product, a 3-methyleneindoleninium salt, can then be trapped with suitable nucleophiles. In the example shown in Scheme 7.7b, cyanide ion is used, and reduction of the resultant nitrile yields the important amine trypta-mine. Indol-3-ylacetonitrile is also the source of indol-3-ylacetic acid and other biologically useful compounds (see Section 7.1.7). 

Support-bound C-nucleophiles have also been successfully added to imines. Poly-styrene-bound thiol esters can be converted into ketene acetals by O-silylation, and then alkylated with imines in the presence of Lewis acids. Further examples include Mannich reactions of support-bound alkynes and indoles (Table 10.10). Some Man-nich-type products (e.g. 3-(aminomethyl)indoles, 2-(aminomethyl)phenols, (3-amino ketones) are unstable and can decompose upon treatment with acids. 3-(Amino-... 

A model compound 15 containing an indole (3-lactam moiety in chartellines was synthesized from the Mannich reaction of isatin imine with ketene silyl acetal, followed by (3-lactam formation through cyclization of the resulting (3-amino acid 14 (Scheme 5) [52]. L-Proline-catalyzed direct asymmetric Mannich reactions of... 

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