Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution of 2-arylcyclohexenol derivatives: asymmetric total syntheses of (+)-crinamine, (-)-haemanthidine, and (+)-pretazettine

Much interest has been shown in Amaryllidaceae alkaloids as synthetic targets due to their wide range of biological activities. Over 100 alkaloids have been isolated from members of the Amaryllidaceae family; most of them can be classified into eight skeletally homogeneous groups. We have succeeded in the first asymmetric total syntheses of the crinane-type alkaloids (+)-crinamine (1), (-)-haemanthidine (2), and (+)-pretazettine (3). The starting cyclohexenylamine 14 was obtained from allyl phosphonate 11c by palladium-catalyzed asymmetric amination in 82% yield and with 74% ee. The product was recrystallized from MeOH. Interestingly, (-)-14 with 99% ee was obtained from the mother liquor (74% recovery). Intramolecular carbonyl-ene reaction of (-)-10 proceeds in a highly stereoselective manner to give hexahydroindole derivative 9 as the sole product. In the Lewis-acid-catalyzed carbonyl-ene reaction, an interesting rearrangement product, 20, was isolated in high yield. From 9, (+)-crinamine was synthesized. Thus, the asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-crinamine was achieved in 10 steps from 11c, and the overall yield is 19%. The total synthesis of (-)-haemanthidine was also achieved from 9 by a short sequence of steps.     

A new and general synthetic pathway to strychnos indole alkaloids: total syntheses of (-)-dehydrotubifoline and (-)-tubifoline by palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution

[see reaction]. A novel procedure for the synthesis of an indole skeleton was developed. Treatment of a cyclohexenol derivative having a silyloxymethyl group at the 2-position with N-tosyl-o-bromoaniline in the presence of Pd2dba3*CHCl3 and (S)-BINAPO gave compound 6a with 84% ee in 75% yield. Compound 6a was converted into 11, which was treated with Pd(OAc)2 and Me(2)PPh in the presence of Ag2CO3 to give indoline derivative 12. From 12, we succeeded in the total syntheses of (-)-dehydrotubifoline and (-)-tubifoline.     

Asymmetric syntheses of the homalium alkaloids (-)-(s,s)-homaline and (-)-(r,r)-hopromine

The highly diastereoselective conjugate additions of the novel lithium amide reagents lithium (R)-N-(3-chloropropyl)-N-(α-methylbenzyl)amide and lithium (R)-N-(3-chloropropyl)-N-(α-methyl-p-methoxybenzyl)amide to α,β-unsaturated esters were used as the key steps in syntheses of the homalium alkaloids (-)-(S,S)-homaline and (-)-(R,R)-hopromine. The asymmetric synthesis of (-)-(S,S)-homaline was achieved in 8 steps and 18% overall yield, and the asymmetric synthesis of (-)-(R,R)-hopromine was achieved in 9 steps and 23% overall yield, from commercially available starting materials in each case. These syntheses therefore represent by far the most efficient total asymmetric syntheses of these alkaloids reported to date. A sample of the (4'R,4'S)-epimer of hopromine was also produced using this approach, which provided the first unambiguous confirmation of its absolute configuration and therefore that of natural (-)-(R,R)-hopromine.     

Silver-promoted Friedel-Crafts reaction: concise total synthesis of (-)-ardeemin, (-)-acetylardeemin and (-)-formylardeemin

Total syntheses of multidrug resistant inhibitors (-)-acetylardeemin 2a, (-)-ardeemin 2b, and (-)-formylardeemin 3 have been achieved within 10 steps starting from bromopyrroloinoline 13. The key step involves direct alkylation of 13 with prenyl tributylstannane 11 to yield 12 via a silver-promoted asymmetric Friedel-Crafts reaction. Highly efficient installation of the isoprenyl group allowed excellent overall yield. Moreover, the substrate scope of the asymmetric Friedel-Crafts reaction of 13 was expanded to include a variety of arenes 14 to afford natural product-like library analogues 15.     

Synthesis of (-)-7-epiaustraline and (-)-1-epicastanospermine

Highly efficient and selective syntheses of the title compounds are described. The cornerstone of the synthetic plan is the tandem inter [4 + 2]/inter [3 + 2] cycloaddition process. These syntheses differ from previous applications of this strategy in that they incorporate an alkylation in the hydrogenolysis step to close the second ring of the azabicyclic systems. Notable features of the sequence are (1) the highly regio- and stereoselective [3 + 2] cycloaddition of nitronate 15 with siloxymethyl (Z)-beta-silylvinyl ketone (Z)-22b and (2) the highly selective reduction of the resulting ketone 24a with L-Selectride. A single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of synthetic (-)-7-epiaustraline confirmed that the targeted structure was successfully synthesized. This stimulated a reexamination of the structural assignment of the natural product. (-)-1-Epicastanospermine was synthesized in four steps from the common intermediate 27a. The absolute configuration of (-)-1-epicastanospermine was assured by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of intermediate (-)-27a. Thus, the sign of the optical rotation had to be revised. The overall efficiency of these syntheses were 9 steps and 23% yield for (-)-7-epiaustraline and 10 steps and 20% yield for (-)-1-epicastanospermine     

Crystallographic characterizations and new high-yield synthetic routes for the complete series of 6-X-B10H13 halodecaboranes (X = F, Cl, Br, I) via superacid-induced cage-opening reactions of closo-B10H10(2-)

The high-yield syntheses of 6-X-B 10H 13 [X = Cl (88%), Br (96%), I (84%)] resulted from the cage-opening reactions of the (NH 4 (+)) 2B 10H 10 (2-) salt with ionic-liquid-based superacidic hydrogen halides, while both the previously unknown 6-F-B 10H 13 (77%) derivative and 6-Cl-B 10H 13 (90%) were synthesized in high yields via the reactions of (NH 4 (+)) 2B 10H 10 (2-) with triflic acid in the presence of 1-fluoropentane and dichloromethane, respectively. Structural characterizations of 1- 4 confirm the predicted structures and indicate strong halogen back-bonding interactions with the B6 boron. The reaction of 6-Br-B 10H 13 with Bu 3SnH produced the parent B 10H 14 in 70% yield, and thus, this reaction, in conjunction with the haloacid-induced closo-B 10H 10 (2-) cage-opening reactions, has the potential to provide an alternative to the traditional diborane pyrolysis route to decaborane.     

A carbohydrate-based total syntheses of (+)-pyrenolide D and (-)-4-epi-pyrenolide D

Efficient total syntheses of (+)-pyrenolide D (5) and (-)-4-epi-pyrenolide D (6) have been achieved from a known 5-deoxy-d-xylose derivative 9 in ten steps with 19% overall yield either exclusively as 5 or as pure 5 and 6 in a 3:2 ratio. Key steps involved are one-pot epoxidation-cyclization by Corey-Chaykvosky reagent, reductive Barton-McCombie deoxygenation, and per-acid mediated oxidative spiroketalization.     

Total synthesis of (-)-indolactam V

The total synthesis of protein kinase C activator (-)-indolactam V (IL-V) has been successfully completed with two separate approaches: From known 4-nitrotryptophan derivative 3 in 8 steps (49% overall yield) and from L-glutamic acid in 12 steps (18% overall yield), where 4-nitrotryptophanol derivative 4 served as a key intermediate. Derivatives 3 and 4, both incorporating indole 4-substitution and the C-9 stereocenter in IL-V, were synthesized via the Pd-catalyzed indole synthesis from 3-nitro-2-iodoaniline 5 with aldehydes 6 and 7, respectively. Aldehyde 7 was, meanwhile, synthesized from l-glutamic acid in 5 steps (68% yield). Lactamization of the 9-membered ring was achieved using HATU in THF in good yield.     

Syntheses of metabolites of ethyl 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)quinoline-3-carboxylate (TAK-603)

Convenient and efficient syntheses of ethyl 4-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)quinoline-3-carboxylate (1d) and 10-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-7,8-dimethoxy-2H-pyridazino[4,5-b]quinolin-1-one (1e), metabolites of TAK-603 (1), have been achieved. Use of the methanesulfonyl as a protective group of the phenolic hydroxy for Friedel-Crafts reaction enabled a new simpler synthetic route of 1d in high yield. Chloromethyl derivative (23) was converted to formyl derivative (32) using the Kröhnke reaction, followed by cyclization with hydrazine, which formed a novel compound 1e.     

Syntheses of (+)-cytisine, (-)-kuraramine, (-)-isokuraramine, and (-)-jussiaeiine A

Total syntheses of (+)-cytisine, (-)-kuraramine, (-)-isokuraramine, and (-)-jussiaeiine A were achieved via a samarium diiodide-promoted reductive deamination reaction, followed by simultaneous recyclization of a proline derivative to give the corresponding delta-lactam derivative, as a key step.     

(Z)-1-[2-(三苯基锡基)乙烯基]-1-茚满醇及其酯和卤代物的合成与表征

在氮气保护下,1-乙炔茚满醇与三苯基氢化锡进行游离基加成反应,获得加成物(Z)-1-[2-(三苯基锡基)乙烯基]-1-茚满醇(1);将加成物(1)与苯酐反应,得到新型邻苯二甲酸单酯有机锡衍生物(2);衍生物(2)分别与二丁基氧化锡和三苯基氧化锡进行脱水反应,分别获得两个新型邻苯二甲酸酯的有机锡衍生物(3)和(4).将加成物(1)与卤素反应后,与锡原子直接相连的苯基被取代,得到一卤代和二卤代物(5～10).通过元素分析、¹HNMR和IR等手段对化合物1～10进行了结构表征,确定了该类邻苯二甲酸单酯和邻苯二甲酸酯的有机锡衍生物的结构.并测定了加成物(1)和一溴代物(6)的晶体结构,在加成物(1)中,由于分子内存在较弱的O→Sn[0.2778(8)nm]配位作用,锡原子呈扭曲三角双锥构型.在一溴代物(6)分子中,存在分子内O→Sn[0.2364(2)nm]配位键,锡原子呈扭曲的三角双锥构型.该系列化合物分子内的O→Sn配位能力和Lewis酸性强弱的顺序为:二卤化物>一卤化物>加成物;氯代物>溴代物>碘代物>加成物.     

Development of a novel synthetic method for ring construction using organometallic complexes and its application to the total syntheses of natural products

Organometallic complexes are useful tools in synthetic organic chemistry. We investigated a novel synthetic method for ring construction using organometallic complexes and synthesized natural products and biologically active substances using these methods. Metalacycles formed from an early transition metal and diene, enyne, and diyne are stable under the reaction conditions and they are easily converted into compounds with functional groups by the addition of various agents. We have developed a novel synthetic method of heterocycles from enyne and diene using Cp2ZrBu2. The total syntheses of (-)-dendrobine, (+/-)-mecembrane, and (+/-)-mecembrine were achieved using this procedure. To synthesize these natural products as a chiral form, a novel palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic amination was developed, and chiral 2-arylcyclohexenylamine derivatives were synthesized. From these compounds, the total syntheses of (-)-mesembrane, (-)-mesembrine, (+)-crinamine, (-)-haemanthidine, and (+)-pretazetine were achieved. By further development of this procedure, a chiral 2-siloxymethylcyclohexenylamine derivative could be synthesized and the novel synthesis of indole derivatives was developed from this compound. From this indole derivative, (-)-tsubifoline and (-)-strychnine were synthesized.     

Synthesis of (-)-tetracycline

We describe a convergent, enantioselective synthesis of (-)-tetracycline (1) from benzoic acid (17 steps, 1.1% yield). Benzoic acid was transformed into the AB precursor 2 in 10 steps (11% yield), as previously described, and the latter compound was activated toward Diels-Alder cycloaddition by the introduction of an alpha-phenylthio group (two steps, 66% yield). Heating of the resulting alpha-(phenylthio)enone (3) with the triethylsilyloxybenzocyclobutene derivative 4 at 85 degrees C gave the endo-Diels Alder adduct 5 in 64% yield. Deprotection and oxidation of the latter intermediate gave the 2-(phenylthio)-1,3-diketone 7, which was oxidized with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid. The sulfoxide intermediate(s) formed eliminated upon warming to 35 degrees C to give the anyhydrotetracycline derivative 8. Intermediate 8 underwent spontaneous autoxidation at 23 degrees C to form the hydroperoxide keto-9 stereoselectively. Without isolation, hydrogenolysis of 9 in the presence of palladium black gave (-)-tetracycline (42% yield from 7), indistinguishable from an authentic sample.     

First Total Synthesis of (-)-4-O-(6'-hydroxy-7'(9')-dehydro-6',7'-dihydrogeranyl)-coniferyl Alcohol

SomeLigulariaspecieshavelongbeenusedasfolkremediesduetotheirantibiotic,antiphlogisticandantitumoracti.ities'.Compound1',anovelconiferylalcoho1,wasisolatedfromLigulariaduciformis(Compsitae)alongwiththreenewstructuressuchas2,3,4(Figure1).Thegeometricalstructureof1,deterndnedbyspectroscopictechniques,correspondedto4-o-(6'-hydroxy-7'(9')-dehydro-6coniferylalcohol.ButitsabsoluteconfigurationatC-6'hasnotyetbeendetermined.Hereinwereportthetotalsynthesisof(6'S)-(-)-lfromgeraniol5throughninesteps(Sc…     

Total synthesis of (-)-leuconicine A and B

Concise asymmetric total syntheses of Strychnos alkaloids (-)-leuconicine A (14 steps, 9% overall yield) and B (13 steps, 10% overall yield) have been accomplished. Key steps include (1) our sequential one-pot spiro-cyclization/intramolecular aza-Baylis-Hillman method to prepare the ABCE framework; (2) a novel domino acylation/Knoevenagel cyclization to prepare the F-ring; and (3) a Heck cyclization to access the D-ring.     

2-[3-(4-甲氧基苯氧基)丙基]-1,3-二乙酰硫基丙烷的合成

自组装单层膜(SAMs)技术是自20世纪80年代以来快速发展起来的一个新型有机成膜技术,它是通过表面活性剂的头基与基底之间产生化学吸附,在界面上自发形成的有序的单分子层[1].     

Asymmetric synthesis of (-)-1-hydroxyquinolizidinone, a common intermediate for the syntheses of (-)-homopumiliotoxin 223G and (-)-epiquinamide

The short and efficient asymmetric synthesis of (-)-1-hydroxyquinolizidinone was achieved in seven steps and 25.2% overall yield from readily available 5-chloropentanal. It is a key intermediate in the formal syntheses of (-)-homopumilotoxin 223G and (-)-epiquinamide.     

Total synthesis of (+/-)-flustramines A and C, (+/-)-flustramide A, and (-)- and (+)-debromoflustramines A

Here we describe the efficient total synthesis of the three title hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole alkaloids and debromo derivative from readily available indolin-3-ones using key domino reactions, olefination-isomerization-Claisen rearrangement (OIC), and reductive cyclization (RC). (+/-)-Flustramine C (5) was synthesized in five steps from 6-bromoindolin-3-one 9 via a key intermediate 13a. (+/-)-Flustramine A (1) has been obtained by reduction of flustramide A (6), which has been prepared in five steps from 13a. (+/-)-Debromoflustramine A (19) was provided in a similar manner from 13b. The (-)- and (+)-enantiomers of 19 were synthesized through optical resolution of (+/-)-carboxylic acid 17b using (R)-4-phenyloxazolidin-2-one.     

Total synthesis of the tricyclic marine alkaloids (-)-lepadiformine, (+)-cylindricine c, and (-)-fasicularin via a common intermediate formed by formic acid-induced intramolecular conjugate azaspirocyclization

A very short and efficient enantioselective total synthesis of the tricyclic marine alkaloids (-)-lepadiformine (3), (+)-cylindricine C (1c), and (-)-fasicularin (4) has been developed utilizing the formyloxy 1-azaspiro[4.5]decane 5 as a common intermediate. The key strategic element for the synthesis was the formic acid-induced intramolecular conjugate azaspirocyclization, which proved to be a highly efficient and stereoselective way to rapid construction of the 1-azaspirocyclic substructure of these natural products in a single operation. Thus, the common intermediate 5, synthesized in two steps with 70% overall yield starting from the known (S)-N-Boc-2-pyrrolidinone 7 via the conjugate spirocyclization using an acyclic ketoamide 6, was utilized for the concise and stereoselective total synthesis of (-)-lepadiformine (3), which was accomplished in seven steps with 45% overall yield from 5 (31% yield from 7). The developed strategy based on the conjugate spirocyclization was also applied to the stereoselective total synthesis of (+)-cylindricine C (1c), which was achieved in 10 steps from 5 in 18% overall yield (12% yield from 7). Further application of this approach using 5 led to the synthesis of (-)-fasicularin (4), wherein an extremely efficient method for the introduction of the thiocyanato group via an aziridinium intermediate at the last step was developed. Thus, the highly efficient first enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-fasicularin was accomplished in nine steps with an overall yield of 41% from 5 (28% yield from 7).     

Ethynyl pi-extended 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and 2-phenyl 5-(2-thienyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and optical properties

2-(4-tert-Butylphenyl)-5-(4-ethynylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole reacts with a series of heteroaryl iodides under standard Sonogashira cross-coupling conditions (Pd[PPh(3)](2)Cl(2), CuI, triethylamine, THF) to yield products 2a-g in 40-79% yields (heteroaryl = 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl, 4-pyridyl, 2-pyrazyl, 5-bromo-2-pyrimidyl, 2-thienyl and 3-thienyl, respectively). Compound 2f was lithiated followed by electrophilic iodination (BuLi, perfluorohexyl iodide) to give 3, which by a two-step sequence gave the terminal ethynylthienyl derivative 5. Conversion of 5 into the terminal ethynylaldehyde derivative 7, via acetal derivative 6, proceeded in high yield. Starting from 2-iodo-5-methoxycarbonylthiophene, a five-step sequence afforded 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-(4-ethynylthienyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole 13 (13% overall yield). Reactions of 13 gave terminal pyridyl, pyrazyl, pyrimidyl and thienyl derivatives, analogous to those obtained from 1. Two-fold reaction of 13 with 2,5-diiodothiophene gave the bis(ethynylthienyl)thiophene derivative 15 (30% yield). Solution UV-Vis absorption and photoluminescence spectra establish that replacement of the phenyl ring in the 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole series 2a-g by a thienyl ring [i.e. the 2-phenyl-5-(2-thienyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole series 14a-g] leads to a red shift in the lowest energy band in both the absorption spectra and emission spectra. The X-ray crystal structures of compounds 2d, 2g, 5 and 14d.CHCl(3) reveal that the molecular structures are approximately planar although there are substantial differences in the conformations.