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Enantiospecific total synthesis of the enantiomer of the indole alkaloid affinisine
Liu,Wang,Xu,Ma,Cook
, p. 6299 - 6303 (2007/10/03)
The enantiomer of affinisine has been synthesized (from L-tryptophan) with 100% diastereoselectivity via the asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction coupled with a Pd°(enolate mediated) coupling process. This enantiomer has also been converted into a key inte
STEREOSPECIFICITY IN THE PICTET-SPENGLER REACTION. ENANTIOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF (6S,10S)-(-)-5-METHYL-9-OXO-12-BENZYL-6,7,8,9,10,11-HEXAHYDRO-6,10-IMINO-5H-CYCLOOCTINDOLE, A TEMPLATE FOR PREPARATION OF MACROLINE/SARPAGINE ALKALOIDS
Zhang, Lin-Hua,Bi, Ying-Zhi,Yu, Fu-Xiang,Menzia, Gerald,Cook, James M.
, p. 517 - 547 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis of the tetracyclic ketone was carried out in enantiospecific fashion (>98percent ee) via the 1,3-transfer of chirality from Na-methyl, Nb-benzyl tryptophan methyl ester to the trans diastereomer in the Pictet-Spengler reaction.Although the condensation of 14 with aldehyde (15) in refluxing benzene generated the tetrahydro β-carbolines (4b/5b) in a kinetic ratio (72:28), epimerization (C-1) of the cis diastereomer into the trans isomer occurred stereospecifically under acidic conditions.Dieckmann cyclizatin of either the Na-methyl, Nb-benzyl-cis-(+)-5b or trans-(-)-4b diastereomer provided the cis-bicyclo-azanonane system at approximately the same rate, although the β-keto esters were antipodal, in contrast to results reported in the Na-benzyl series by Magnus.
PICTET-SPENGLER REACTIONS IN APROTIC MEDIA. Nb-BENZYL PROMOTED RETENTION OF OPTICAL ACTIVITY IN THE SYNTHESIS OF AN INDOLO SUBSTITUTED AZABICYCLONONANE, A KEY TEMPLATE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF MACROLINE ALKALOIDS.
Zhang, Lin-hua,Cook, James M.
, p. 2795 - 2802 (2007/10/02)
The Nb-benzyl group (see 7) has been employed in the Pictet-Spengler reaction in refluxing benzene to provide complete retention of optical activity in this process.The tetrahydro-β-carbolines 3b (trans) and 4b (cis) were independently converte
