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and compound 30 was obtained in 95% yield. Both enone
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and lactam carbonyls of 30 were thiolated with Lawesson
reagent, and more labile thioenone was oxygenated with air,
leading to thioamide 31 with good efficiency. Reduction
with Raney Ni rendered longeracinphyllin A (10). The specꢀ
tra and physical properties of the synthetic sample were
identical to those reported for the natural product.15 The
structures of 10, 29, 30, and 31 were verified by Xꢀray crysꢀ
tallographic analysis (Scheme 2).
We subsequently exploited the efficiency and flexibility of
the current route in the synthetic approaches to structurally
relevant Daphniphyllum alkaloids daphnipaxianine A32 and
himalenine D,33 as described in the SI. Two analogues corꢀ
responding to these two alkaloids, respectively, were preꢀ
pared from the advanced intermediate 30. Further studies
are underway in our laboratories.
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In summary, we have accomplished the first total syntheꢀ
sis of longeracinphyllin A (10). The decagram preparation
of tetracycle 15, featuring silverꢀcatalyzed alkyne cyclization
and Luche radical cyclization, formed a basis of the syntheꢀ
sis. The sterically congested E ring containing vicinal terꢀ
tiary and quaternary carbons was constructed through a Lu
[3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction promoted by DPPF. The late
intermediate 29 was prepared on a gram scale. These enꢀ
deavors may facilitate the biological studies of this alkaloid
and analogues thereof.
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Author
*ali@sioc.ac.cn
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Author Contributions
†J.L. and W.Z. contributed equally.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We thank Dr. David Edmonds for discussion, and Xiaoli Bao
and Lingling Li from the Instrumental Analysis Center of
Shanghai Jiao Tong University for Xꢀray crystallographic
analysis. Financial support was provided by Ministry of Sciꢀ
ence & Technology (2013CB836900), National Natural Sciꢀ
ence Foundation of China (21525209, 21290180, and
21621002), Chinese Academy of Sciences (Strategic Priority
Research Program XDB20000000 and Key Research Proꢀ
gram of Frontier Sciences QYZDBꢀSSWꢀSLH040), Shanghai
Science and Technology Commission (15JC1400400 and
17XD1404600), and K. C. Wong Education Foundation.
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