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Synlett 2025; 36(08): 1074-1078
DOI: 10.1055/a-2499-3635
DOI: 10.1055/a-2499-3635
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Concise Total Synthesis of Crambescin B Methyl Ester
This work was partially supported by a Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 19H02896 and 24K01636) and (C) (No. 20K05863 and 24K08722), as well as a Grant-in-Aid on Innovative Areas ‘Frontier Research on Chemical Communication’ (No. 20H04771) from MEXT. Additional support was provided by the Naito Science and Engineering Foundation, the Nagase Science and Technology Foundation, and the Iketani Science and Technology Foundation.
Abstract
In this study, a concise total synthesis of crambescin B methyl ester, a cyclic guanidine alkaloid, has been achieved. The key aspects of this new approach include (1) A Mannich reaction between an α-amidosulfone and a β-keto ester to construct the main scaffold, and (2) acid-catalyzed dehydrative cyclization, leading to an enol ether in a highly stereoselective manner. This synthetic approach is nine steps shorter than our previously published method.
Key words
total synthesis - guanidine alkaloids - alkaloids - voltage-gated sodium channels - Mannich reaction - crambescin BSupporting Information
- Supporting information for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2499-3635.
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Publication History
Received: 07 November 2024
Accepted after revision: 09 December 2024
Accepted Manuscript online:
09 December 2024
Article published online:
08 January 2025
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