title: Facile entry to substituted decahydroquinoline alkaloids. Total synthesis of lepadins A-E and H.
abstract: Condensation of a L-alanine derived delta-bromo-beta-silyloxy-propylamine with 1,3-cyclohexadione followed by alkylative cyclization produces a bicyclic enone. Diastereoselective Pt/C-catalyzed hydrogenation of this enone in HOAc provides a 5-oxo-cis-fused decahydroquinoline. Wittig olefination of this decahydroquinoline and subsequent epimerization of the resulting 5-formyl intermediate gives rise to a 5-beta-formyl decahydroquinoline exclusively. In a parallel procedure, Peterson reaction of this decahydroquinoline and subsequent hydrogenation of the generated 5-exo-olefin provides a decahydroquinoline with a 5-alpha-substituent predominantly. For these two diastereoselective processes, using the intermediates without N-protection as the substrates is essential because the corresponding N-Boc intermediates give poor diastereoselectivity. The intermediate with beta-form side chain is further converted into lepadins A-C via carbon chain elongation, while the intermediate with alpha-form side chain is transformed into lepadins D, E, and H and corresponding 5'-epimers via connection with two sulfones generated from two Sharpless epoxidation products. By comparison of the rotations and NMR data, the stereochemistry of lepadins D, E, and H is assigned as 2S,3R,4aS,5S,8aR,5'R.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Xiaotao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Dawei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011804:Quinolines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000470:Alkaloids; D000475:Alkenes; D011804:Quinolines; D006859:Hydrogen; C037219:quinoline