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Intramolecular direct dehydrohalide coupling promoted by KOtBu: Total synthesis of amaryllidaceae alkaloids anhydrolycorinone and oxoassoanine
De, Subhadip,Ghosh, Santanu,Bhunia, Subhajit,Sheikh, Javeed Ahmad,Bisai, Alakesh
supporting information, p. 4466 - 4469 (2012/10/29)
A transition-metal-free intramolecular dehydrohalide coupling via intramolecular homolytic aromatic substitution (HAS) with aryl radicals has been developed in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide and an organic molecule as the catalyst. The methodology has been applied to a concise synthesis of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids viz. oxoassoanine (1b), anhydrolycorinone (1d), and other related structures. Interestingly, the method also works only in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide.