5-Methylindole is an
irritating organic compound
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with
chemical formula
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. 5-Methylindole is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of compounds with a variety of pharmacological properties, such as
staurosporine
Staurosporine (antibiotic AM-2282 or STS) is a natural product originally isolated in 1977 from the bacterium '' Streptomyces staurosporeus''.
It was the first of over 50 alkaloids to be isolated with this type of bis-indole chemical structure. Th ...
-like bisindole
inhibitors of
protein kinase
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s.
References
Methylindoles
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