18694-10-5Relevant articles and documents
Biotransformation of papaverine and in silico docking studies of the metabolites on human phosphodiesterase 10a
Eliwa, Duaa,Albadry, Mohamed A.,Ibrahim, Abdel-Rahim S.,Kabbash, Amal,Meepagala, Kumudini,Khan, Ikhlas A.,El-Aasr, Mona,Ross, Samir A.
, (2021)
The metabolism of papaverine, the opium benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, with Aspergillus niger NRRL 322, Beauveria bassiana NRRL 22864, Cunninghamella echinulate ATCC 18968 and Cunninghamella echinulate ATCC 1382 has resulted in O-demethylation, O-methylgluc
A divergent approach to benzylisoquinoline-type and oxoaporphine alkaloids via regioselective direct ring metalation of alkoxy isoquinolines
Melzer, Benedikt,Bracher, Franz
, p. 7664 - 7672 (2015/07/15)
Methoxy- and benzyloxy-substituted isoquinolines are regioselectively metalated at C-1 with the Knochel-Hauser base, subsequent trapping with aromatic aldehydes gives aryl(isoquinolin-1-yl)carbinols as building blocks for divergent syntheses of different types of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids. Photochemical cyclization of ortho-bromo analogues under reductive conditions gives oxoaporphine alkaloids. Nine benzylisoquinoline alkaloids and two oxoaporphine alkaloids were obtained in two or three steps from appropriate isoquinolines.