Tosylates(2b,c)of 3-alkyl-2-hydroxytryptophol gave 3-alkyl-2-alkoxyindolenines(3a-f)on treatment with 5%KOH-ROH(R=Me,iso-Pr),as expected.The N-methyl derivatives(6a-c) gave 3-alkyl-3-(2-alkoxyethyl)oxindoles(7a-d)except for 6a,which afforded the 3-spirocyclopropane(10),and gave 3-alkyl-3-vinyloxindoles(8a,b)with 5%KOH-CH3CN.The hydrolysis of 3b was examined in the range of HCl concentration of 10-1•\10-5 M in 90%EtOH by using ultraviolet spectroscopy.
The 7-methoxyhydrophenanthrone (8) was synthesized from the 4a-nitromethylhydrophenanthrone (3) via nitration, reduction, and conversion of the resulting amino group to a methoxy group. On methylation of the intermediary phenol (7) with diazomethane, two products (9 and 10) were obtained along with the desired 8. The structures of these compounds having an aldoxime moiety were determined by physico-chemical methods. The mechanism of this unusual aldoxime formation from a nitromethyl group is discussed.
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