Manganese(III) acetate mediated oxidation of aporphines: a convenient and useful synthesis of oxoaporphines

Manganese(III) acetate mediated oxidation of aporphines to oxoaporphines is described. The developed methodology was conveniently applied for the synthesis of naturally occurring oxoaporphine alkaloids, oxoglaucine, and atheroline, starting from commercially available boldine.     

Alkaloids from the Leaves of Fissistigma Glaucescens

Two new alkaloids, glaucenamide ( 1 ) and fissiceine ( 2 ), along with fifteen known ones, liriodenine ( 3 ), oxocrebanine ( 4 ), kuafumine ( 5 ), oxoxylopine ( 6 ), atherospermidine ( 7 ), (‐)‐xylopine ( 8 ), (‐)‐N‐acetylxylopine ( 9 ), N‐trans‐feruloyltyramine ( 10 ), aristololactam BII ( 11 ), aristololactam BIII ( 12 ), aristololactam AII ( 13 ), piperolactam A ( 14 ), goniothalactam ( 15 ), norcepharadion B ( 16 ), and noraristolodione ( 17 ) were isolated from the methanolic extracts of the Fissistigma glaucescens. The structures of these compounds were established by means of spectral analysis.     

Alkaloid from Dicranostigma leptopodum （Maxim） Fedde

Phytochemical investigation of the whole plants of Dicranostigma leptopodum (Maxim) Fedde has lead to the isolation of five alkaloids: dicranostigmine (1), isocorydine (2), corydine (3), protopine (4) and sinoacutine (5). Oxomorphine alkaloid (5) was isolated from the genus Dicranostigma for the first time and the new compound structure (1) was elucidated by various spectroscopic methods including 2D NMR techniques (gCOSY, HMQC, HMBC and NOESY) and HRESI-MS.