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Synfacts 2011(7): 0695-0695
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260489
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260489
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (±)-Alopecuridine
Contributor(s):Steven V. Ley, Catherine F. CarterX.-M. Zhang, Y.-Q. Tu*, F.-M. Zhang, H. Shao, X. Meng
Lanzhou University, P. R. of China
Total Synthesis of (±)-Alopecuridine and Its Biomimetic Transformation into (±)-Sieboldine A
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50: 3916-3919
Lanzhou University, P. R. of China
Total Synthesis of (±)-Alopecuridine and Its Biomimetic Transformation into (±)-Sieboldine A
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50: 3916-3919
Further Information
Publication History
Publication Date:
17 June 2011 (online)
Key words
alopecuridine - pinacol coupling - semipinacol rearrangement
Significance
(±)-Alopecuridine A is a Lycopodium alkaloid that is a biological precursor for the significantly cytotoxic (±)-sieboline A. The first total synthesis is achieved here in 13 steps, followed by the conversion into (±)-sieboline A that validates the biogenetic pathway.
Comment
Compounds E and F were obtained as an inseparable mixture of diastereoisomers that were subjected to semipinacol rearrangement conditions. This generated a mixture of diastereomers that could then be separated by chromatography to give the desired intermediate G in 45% yield. The tricyclic core J was synthesized with a samarium iodide mediated coupling.