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DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42070
Efficient Preparation of 2-Substituted Pyridazino[4,3-h]psoralen Derivatives
Publication History
Publication Date:
07 October 2003 (online)
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Abstract
An efficient synthesis of 2-chloro-6-methoxypyridazino[4,3-h]psoralen was achieved by Diels-Alder reaction of 3,6-dichloro-1,2,4,5-tetrazine and 8-methoxy-psoralen (8-MOP) in a one-pot procedure. The convenient transformation of this intermediate into the 2-triflate derivative allowed efficient palladium-catalyzed reduction, methoxycarbonylation , and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions at C2.
Key words
Diels-Alder - catalysis - DNA - palladium - polycycles
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12Aldrich: 5-Methoxypsoralen, 99% (27,572-7, 1 g, $201).
28Compounds 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 gave satisfactory analytical and spectroscopic data.