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Isolation, synthesis and photochemical properties of almazolone, a new indole alkaloid from a red alga of Senegal

G Guella, I N'Diaye, M Fofana, I Mancini

Index: Guella, Graziano; N'Diaye, Ibrahima; Fofana, Mouhamadou; Mancini, Ines Tetrahedron, 2006 , vol. 62, # 6 p. 1165 - 1170

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Citation Number: 17

Abstract

An indole alkaloid bearing an oxazolone ring, christened almazolone, has been isolated from a new collection of Haraldiophyllum sp. from Dakar (Senegal), as an 88: 12 mixture of (Z)/(E) stereoisomers. The relative ratio could be modified under controlled photochemical and thermal processes. The product (Z)-3-indolyl-2-(phenyl-propionylamino)-acrylic acid obtained by oxazolone ring opening has also been observed. Its formation has been ...