Grünenfelder DC, Navarro R, Wang H, Fastuca NJ, Butler JR, Reisman SE. Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-10-Hydroxyacutuminine.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022;
61:e202117480. [PMID:
35112449 DOI:
10.1002/anie.202117480]
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Abstract
An enantioselective synthesis of (-)-10-hydroxyacutuminine is reported. Central to our strategy is a photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition that forges two of the quaternary stereocenters present in the acutumine alkaloids. A subsequent retro-aldol/Dieckmann sequence furnishes the spirocyclic cyclopentenone. Efforts to chlorinate the acutumine scaffold at C10 under heterolytic or radical deoxychlorination conditions led to the synthesis of an unexpected cyclopropane-containing pentacycle.
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