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Synthetic studies on the starfish alkaloid imbricatine. A chiral synthesis of tri-O-methylimbricatine
Ohba, Masashi,Nishimura, Yoshikazu,Kato, Miyako,Fujii, Tozo
, p. 4999 - 5016 (2007/10/03)
A detailed account is given of the chiral synthesis of tri-O- methylimbricatine (3), the triO-methyl derivative of the structurally unique benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid imbricatine (2) isolated from the starfish Dermasterias imbricata. The route begins with the asymmetric synthesis of the sulfur-containing D-phenylalanine derivative (R)-11a and includes its conversion into the cis-benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline moiety 26a possessing the thiol group and construction of the 5-arylthio-3-methyl-L- histidine portion. The correctness of the structure and absolute configuration proposed for imbricatine has been unequivocally confirmed as a result of the present synthesis.
Chiral synthesis of tri-O-methylimbricatine, an etherified derivative of the starfish alkaloid imbricatine
Ohba, Masashi,Nishimura, Yoshikazu,Imasho, Masaaki,Fujii, Tozo,Kubanek, Julia,Andersen, Raymond J.
, p. 5999 - 6002 (2007/10/03)
A chiral synthesis of tri-O-methylimbricatine (2), the tri-O-methyl derivative of the unique benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid imbricatine (1) isolated from the starfish Dermasterias imbricata, has been accomplished. As a result of the synthesis, the correctness of the structure and absolute stereochemistry proposed for imbricatine has been unequivocally confirmed.