Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Melatonin
Synthetic Communications Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 741–747 (2003) (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/melatonin.microwave.pdf)
(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/melatonin.microwave.pdf)
Abstract
Melatonin was prepared from phthalimide by N- and C-alkylation, cyclization, hydrolytic, decarboxylation, and acetylation. The four-pot reactions were carried out on microwave irradiation in good yield with short time.