General Strategy for the Synthesis of Antirhine Alkaloids: Divergent Total Syntheses of (±)-Antirhine, (±)-18,19-Dihydroantirhine, and Their 20-Epimers

  • Cheolwoo Bae
  • , Eunjoon Park
  • , Cheon Gyu Cho
  • , Cheol Hong Cheon*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    A general synthetic strategy for antirhine alkaloids was developed in this study. The cyanide-catalyzed imino-Stetter reaction of ethyl 2-aminocinnamate and 4-bromopyridine-2-carboxaldehyde afforded the corresponding indole-3-acetic acid derivative. Subsequent formation of the six-membered C ring followed by trans-selective installation of the two-carbon unit at C-15 provided rapid access to the key intermediate. Stereoselective installation of substituents at C-20 allowed the total syntheses of (±)-antirhine, (±)-18,19-dihydroantirhine, and their 20-epimers, all of the known natural products in the antirhine family.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2354-2358
    Number of pages5
    JournalOrganic Letters
    Volume22
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020 Mar 20

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by grants from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2018R1D1A1A02086110 and NRF-2014-011165 Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2020 American Chemical Society.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry

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