title: A novel and general synthetic pathway to strychnos indole alkaloids: total syntheses of (-)-tubifoline, (-)-dehydrotubifoline, and (-)-strychnine using palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution.
abstract: A method of palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution for synthesizing 2-substituted cyclohexenylamine derivatives was established. Treatment of a 2-silyloxymethylcyclohexenol derivative with ortho-bromo-N-tosylaniline in the presence of Pd(2)dba(3).CHCl(3) and (S)-BINAPO in THF afforded a cyclohexenylamine derivative with 84% ee in 80% yield. The Heck reaction was carried out to produce an indolenine derivative in good yield. Using this method, we synthesized indolenine derivative 7, which was recrystallized from EtOH to give an optically pure compound. From this compound, tetracyclic ketone 13, which should be a useful intermediate for the synthesis of indole alkaloids, could be synthesized. The total syntheses of (-)-dehydrotubifoline, (-)-tubifoline, and (-)-strychnine were achieved from 13. All ring constructions for the syntheses of these natural products were achieved using a palladium catalyst.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan. mori@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Miwako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kajishima
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000498:Allyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D026121:Indole Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013331:Strychnine / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D000498:Allyl Compounds; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D007211:Indoles; C431470:dehydrotubifoline; C431471:tubifoline; D010165:Palladium; D013331:Strychnine