Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Ervitsine and Indole Alkaloids of the Ervatamine Group <i>via</i> 1,4-Dihydropyridines
作者:M.-Lluïsa Bennasar、Bernat Vidal、Joan Bosch
DOI:10.1021/jo9623301
日期:1997.5.1
Addition of the enolate derived from 2-acetylindole In to pyridinium salt 2 followed by in situ trapping of the initially formed 1,4-dihydropyridine 3a with Eschenmoser's salt gives tetracycle 5a. Subsequent elaboration of the exocyclic methylene and E-ethylidene substituents leads to N-a-methylervitsine (17a). A similar sequence from the N-a-protected 2-acetylindole Ic establishes the first total synthesis of the 2-acylindole alkaloid ervitsine. Alternatively, dihydropyridine 3a is trapped with BrSePh to give the tetracyclic selenide 7a, which is then converted to N-a-methylervitsine by way of selenoxide 20. The synthesis of the alkaloids of the ervatamine group starts with the addition of the enolate derived from 2-acetyl-1-benzylindole (Ig) to pyridinium salt 24 and the conversion of the resulting 1,4-dihydropyridine to 3,5-diacylated dihydropyridine 26g. Chemoselective reduction of the vinylogous amide moiety of 26g, followed by deprotection of the indole ring and LiEt3BH reduction leads to diol 37b. On sequential treatment with Eschenmoser's salt, methyl iodide, NaCNBH3, and MnO2, 37b is converted to the tetracyclic 2-acylindole 39, from which the first total synthesis of 19,20-didehydroervatamine and 20-epiervatamine is accomplished by manipulation of the l-hydroxyethyl chain. The above syntheses can be considered as biomimetic, as cyclization of the key intermediates I and II mimics the key steps of the biosynthesis of the title alkaloids.