876392-11-9Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis of the putative structure of fistulosin using the ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerization of diene
Terada, Yukiyoshi,Arisawa, Mitsuhiro,Nishida, Atsushi
, p. 1269 - 1272 (2006)
Fistulosin 1, which was isolated from the root of the Welsh onion, is a novel indole alkaloid that has antifungal activity. The first total synthesis of the reported structure of fistulosin using our cycloisomerization of diene is described.
Development of isomerization and cycloisomerization with use of a ruthenium hydride with N-heterocyclic carbene and its application to the synthesis of heterocycles
Arisawa, Mitsuhiro,Terada, Yukiyoshi,Takahashi, Kazuyuki,Nakagawa, Masako,Nishida, Atsushi
, p. 4255 - 4261 (2007/10/03)
A pure ruthenium hydride complex with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand was efficiently generated from the reaction of a second-generation Grubbs ruthenium catalyst with vinyloxytrimethylsilane and unambiguously characterized. This ruthenium hydride complex showed high catalytic activity for the selective isomerization of terminal olefin and for the cycloisomerization of 1,6-dienes. These reactions of N-allyl-o-vinylaniline lead to novel synthetic methods for heterocycles such as indoles and 3-methylene-2,3-dihydroindoles, which are useful synthons for bioactive natural products. These procedures address an important issue in diversity-oriented synthesis.