title: Enantioselective synthesis of marine indole alkaloid hamacanthin B.
abstract: An enantioselective total synthesis of hamacanthin B (1) is described. This synthesis is based on the asymmetric synthesis of (S)-2-azido-(indol-3-yl)ethylamine 7, which is coupled with the 3-indolyl-alpha-oxoacetyl chloride 8 and subsequently used in a successful intramolecular Staudinger-aza Wittig cyclization to form the central dihydropyrazinone ring. The stereochemistry of naturally isolated hamacanthin B is revealed as the (S)-configuration.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, Peoples Republic of China. jiangb@pub.sioc.ac.cn
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Cai-Guang
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry*; D011719:Pyrazines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D007211:Indoles; D011719:Pyrazines; C091314:hamacanthine B