• Title of article

    A Facile One-Step Synthesis of New N2, N9-Benzylated Quaternary β-Carbolin-3-ium Bromides via Krapcho Decarboxylation

  • Author/Authors

    Mohideen, Mazlin Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Universiti Kuala Lumpur - Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKL-RCMP) - 30450 Ipoh - Perak, Malaysia - Centre for Drug Research - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) - 11800 Minden - Pulau Pinang, Malaysia , Kamaruzaman, Nur Azzalia National Poison Centre - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) - 11800 Minden - Pulau Pinang, Malaysia , Mordi, Mohd Nizam Centre for Drug Research - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) - 11800 Minden - Pulau Pinang, Malaysia , Mahsufi Mansor, Sharif Centre for Drug Research - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) - 11800 Minden - Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

  • Pages
    16
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    16
  • Abstract
    A simple and efficient synthetic methodology has been developed via Krapcho decarboxylation to construct four new N2,N9-benzylated quaternary β-carbolin-3-ium bromide salts (5a-d) by treating ethyl-β-carboline-3-carboxylate (4) with various substituted benzyl bromides in the presence of NaH in DMF under refluxing conditions with very good to excellent yields (81-95%).
  • Keywords
    β-carboline , N2,N9-benzylatedquaternary β-carbolin-3-ium bromide , ethyl-β-carboline 3-carboxylate , Krapcho decarboxylation
  • Journal title
    Malaysian Journal of Chemistry
  • Serial Year
    2020
  • Record number

    2599937