A practical entry to C18-constrained-E-ring analogues of methyllycaconitine (MLA): a concise new stereoselective approach to 8-oxa-decahydroisoquinolines accompanied by a simple microwaves-assisted synthesis of the succinimidobenzoate appendage of MLA
a Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19, Università di Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy b Medicines Research Centre, GlaxoSmithKline S.p.A, Via Fleming 4, 37135 Verona, Italy
Abstract:
A Mannich-type intramolecular cyclization afforded access to a 8-oxa-decahydroisoquinoline heterocyclic system. Good stereoselectivity was observed. A promising microwave-assisted synthesis of the methylsuccinimidobenzoate moiety of methyllycaconitine has also been carried out.