title: Preparation of perhydroisoquinolines via the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of N-3,5-hexadienoyl ethyl acrylimidates: a formal synthesis of (+/-)-reserpine.
abstract: The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of N-3,5-hexadienoyl ethyl acrylimidates provides an efficient method for the synthesis of cis-fused hexahydroisoquinolones. As a demonstration of the stereochemical control offered by this cycloaddition, two approaches to the construction of the DE rings of reserpine are reported. In the second entry, N-((4-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethoxy)methyl-6-benzyloxy-3Z,5E-hexadienoyl)-1-aza-2-ethoxy-1,3-butadiene (40) undergoes cycloaddition to produce as the major product (4aS,7R,8aS)-7-benzyloxy-5-((2-trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethoxy)methyl-3,4,4a,7,8,8a-hexahydroisoquinol-3-one (41). Cycloadduct 41 is then stereospecifically elaborated to (4aS,5S,6R,7R,8aR)-6-methoxy-5-methoxycarbonyl-7-(3,4,5-trimethoxy)benzoyldecahydroisoquinoline-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (3), a key intermediate previously transformed to reserpine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, USA.
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sparks
authors.forename: Arnold J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Shea
mesh_terms: D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D012110:Reserpine / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D012110:Reserpine