Progress toward an asymmetric total synthesis of the Stemona alkaloid tuberostemoninol
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2009
Authors
Jia, Xiangna, author
Williams, Robert M., advisor
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Presented herein is a twenty-five linear step synthetic progress toward an asymmetric total synthesis of the Stemona alkaloid tuberostemoninol. A diastereoselective intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction of a glycinate derivative served to construct the BC ring system and set one of the two quaternary carbon centers present in the target molecule in high yield. The γ-lactone E ring and azepine D ring were constructed subsequently. Several approaches were explored for the introduction of the γ-lactone E ring carbon skeleton containing the α-methylene group. Further elaboration of the BCDE tetracycle toward tuberostemoninol was performed to afford the corresponding ketone compound, which makes completion of the total synthesis possible in ten steps.
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Alkaloids -- Synthesis
Organic compounds -- Synthesis