A synthesis of the pyrrolidine alkaloid (-)-ruspolinone (1) from (2S)-proline in 7 steps and 26% overall yield is presented which assigns the (2S) configuration to (-)-(1). The compound obtained by this route has [alpha]D-29.73-degrees compared to a value of zero for the material isolated from the plant suggesting racemisation had occurred during isolation.
efficient stereocontrolled preparation of 2-substituted pyrrolidines and 5-substituted indolizidin-7-ones, by using chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines derived from 4-halobutanal as starting materials, is detailed. Addition of Grignard reagents and a decarboxylative Mannich reaction with β-keto acids involving these chiral imines proceeded with high diastereoselectivity. The synthesis of the pyrrolidinic
A synthesis of the pyrrolidine alkaloid (-)-ruspolinone (1) from (2S)-proline in 7 steps and 26% overall yield is presented which assigns the (2S) configuration to (-)-(1). The compound obtained by this route has [alpha]D-29.73-degrees compared to a value of zero for the material isolated from the plant suggesting racemisation had occurred during isolation.