A divergent approach to cryptotackieine and cryptosanguinolentine alkaloids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01477-X

A seven-step synthesis of the 1-methyl-3-(o-azidophenyl)quinolin-2-one, a common intermediate for the synthesis of the cryptotackieine and cryptosanguinolentine alkaloids, is described. This intermediate is directly converted into cryptotackieine 1 by an intramolecular aza-Wittig reaction with trimethylphosphine; alternatively heating followed by reduction of the resulting indoloquinoline derivative provided cryptosanguinolentine 2.