Arcyriarubin A → 3,4-bis(1H-indol-3-yl)-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrol-2-one

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20 ml of a 1M solution of LiAlH4 in diethyl ether was added to a solution of 1.0 g of 3,4-bis(3-indolyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione in 140 ml of THF. The mixture was stirred for 18 hours under nitrogen. The mixture was cooled to 0° C., quenched with 50 ml of water, then acidified to pH 2 with 2M hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic extracts were washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, dried and evaporated. The residue was purified on silica gel with 5-10% methanol in dichloromethane. The first product eluted was triturated with ethyl acetate/hexane to give 175 mg of 3,4-bis(3-indolyl)-3-pyrrolin-2-one, m.p. 290°-293° C. (decomposition). The second product eluted was crystallized from ethyl acetate/chloroform to give 490 mg of 5-hydroxy-3,4-bis(3-indolyl)-3-pyrrolin-2-one, m.p. above 250° C. (decomposition).

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