New methods and reagents in organic synthesis. 92. A stereoselective synthesis of tilivalline and its analogs

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80968-6

Tilivalline (1a), a metabolite from Klebsiella pneumoniae var. oxytoca, and its derivatives 1 have been efficiently and stereoselectively synthesized from diphenyl phosphorazidate, the 2-oxazoline 2, the L-proline derivatives 5, and indole; the key step is a Mannich type intramolecular cyclization accompanied with completely stereoselective introduction of indole. Furthermore, 11-substituted 5H- pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-5-ones (16) have been also synthesized from the acetal amide 9a and various nucleophiles by the use of this new Mannich type cyclization.