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Pictet-Spengler cyclization vs. Aminal formation: Competing reaction pathways of benzo[b][1,7]naphthyridines controlled by the configuration
Dickner, Tim,Laschat, Sabine
, p. 2064 - 2070 (2007/10/03)
Diastereoisomeric benzo[b][1,7]naphthyridines 13a,b were synthesized in nine steps from L-DOPA employing a Lewis acid-catalyzed cyclization of N-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)-a-amino aldehydes as the key step. Under aprotic Pictet-Spengler conditions, compounds 13a,b undergo different reaction pathways depending on the relative configuration. Whereas trans,cis-diastereoisomer 13a yielded the desired Pictet-Spengler cyclization product albeit in very low yield, the corresponding concave-shaped all-cis-diastereoisomer 13b undergoes intramolecular animal formation.