Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Leuconolam–Leuconoxine–Mersicarpine Group Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids
A unified strategy allowing enantioselective total syntheses of (−)-mersicarpine, (−)-scholarisine G, (+)-melodinine E, (−)-leuconoxine, and (−)-leuconolam from a common cyclohexenone derivative was reported. The Suzuki−Miyaura reaction was used to couple two simple fragments incorporating the key elements for total synthesis, and unprecedented oxidation/reduction/cyclization processes were developed that converted the substituted cyclohexenone to either a mersicarpine or leuconoxine skeleton. In a reverse biomimetic synthesis fashion, (+)-melodinine E was converted to (−)-leuconolam under acidic conditions.
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Xu, Z., Wang, Q., & Zhu, J. (2013). Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Leuconolam–Leuconoxine–Mersicarpine Group Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(51), 19127–19130. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4115192
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2013
135
51
19127
19130
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