A Versatile Synthesis of 1-Aryl-2-nitro-3-(3, 4-, 5-trimethoxyphenyl)-propenes as Precursors of Novel Mescaline Derivatives

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A convenient one-step procedure to synthesize the title compounds (3a-v) by the reaction between 1, 2, 3-trimethoxy-5-(2-nitroethyl)benzene (1) and aromatic or heterocyclic aldehydes is reported. The obtained 1-aryl-2-nitro-3-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl)propenes can easily be reduced to provide new mescaline derivatives. As an example, 1-(3-indolyl)-2-amino-3-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl)propane (4), which contains in the same molecule the structural features of both mescaline and tryptamine, has been prepared.