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NOVEL APPROACHES TO STRYCHNOS AND ASPIDOSPERMA ALKALOIDS
Zhao, Senzhi
Zhao, Senzhi
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2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/4075
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All Strychnos and Aspidosperma alkaloids possess a core pyrrolo[2,3-d]carbazole ABCE tetracycle. In order to develop an efficient and divergent methodology for the synthesis of Strychnos alkaloids, a streamlined synthetic sequence to the ABCE tetracycle has been developed. It features a Mitsunobu activation of an N-hydroxyethyl gramine intermediate and subsequent intramolecular aza-Baylis-Hillman reaction. This method was first applied in the total synthesis of (±)-alstolucine B. Additional key steps in the synthesis included (1) chemoselective intermolecular and intramolecular Michael additions and (2) a Swern indoline oxidation. The second application of this method was in the first total synthesis of (-)-melotenine A, a novel rearranged Aspidosperma alkaloid with potent biological activity. Additional key steps in the synthesis included (1) a Piers annulation of a vinyl iodide and a methyl ketone to prepare the D ring and (2) a site-selective intermolecular vinylogous aldol reaction
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