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Modified fry cyanation of a chiral pyridinium salt: Asymmetric syntheses of (-)-coniine and (-)-solenopsin A
Vu, Van Ha,Jouanno, Laurie-Anne,Cheignon, Adele,Roisnel, Thierry,Dorcet, Vincent,Sinbandhit, Sourisak,Hurvois, Jean-Pierre
, p. 5464 - 5474 (2013/09/02)
The synthesis of chiral 2-cyano-Δ4-tetrahydropyridine 5 was carried out in 85 % yield through a modified two-step Fry reductive cyanation of pyridinium salt (+)-3c that used lithium triethylborohydride as the hydride donor. An alkylation-reduction sequence provided 2-alkyl-substituted tetrahydropyridines (+)-10a and (+)-10b in 72-75 % yield after chromatographic purification. This protocol has been applied to the asymmetric syntheses of piperidine alkaloids (-)-coniine and (-)-solenopsin A. The two-step reductive cyanation of chiral pyridinium salt (+)-3c afforded α-amino nitrile 5 in 85 % yield, which underwent an alkylation-reduction sequence followed by removal of the chiral moiety to yield the hemlock alkaloid (-)-coniine as its mandelate salt (>99:1 er). This reaction sequence was also used for the synthesis of the trans-2,6-disubstituted piperidine alkaloid (-)-solenopsin A. Copyright
