Catalytic enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-dumetorine by ring-rearrangement metathesis
作者:Anke Rückert、Prashant H. Deshmukh、Siegfried Blechert
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.08.114
日期:2006.11
A concise, enantioselective synthesis of (+)-dumetorine is described, giving the natural product in six steps and a 27% overall yield from a readily available precursor. Among the key steps used, the synthesis entails a high-yielding ring-rearrangement metathesis (RRM), using the commercially available first generation Grubbs catalyst 2 in combination with Ti(Oi-Pr)(4) as a co-catalyst. This constitutes the first enantioselective total synthesis of the alkaloid from a known chiral intermediate, and hence a confirmation of its absolute stereochemistry. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.