Total Syntheses and Anticholinesterase Activities of (3a<i>S</i>)-<i>N</i>(8)-Norphysostigmine, (3a<i>S</i>)-<i>N</i>(8)-Norphenserine, Their Antipodal Isomers, and Other <i>N</i>(8)-Substituted Analogues
作者:Qian-sheng Yu、Xue-Feng Pei、Harold W. Holloway、Nigel H. Greig、Arnold Brossi
DOI:10.1021/jm970210v
日期:1997.8.1
N(8)-Benzylesermethole (6) was prepared from 5-methoxytryptamine (1) in five steps. Resolution of compound 6 by dibenzoyl- and ditoluyltartaric acid provided enantiomers (-)- and (+)-7. After demethylation, reaction with isocyanates and catalytic debenzylation over hydrogen, the total syntheses of(-)-and (+)-N(8)-norphysostigmine [(-)-and (+)-11] and (-)-and (+)N(8)-norphenserine [(-)-and (+)-12] were accomplished. (-)-N(8)-Norphysostigmine [(-)-11] and (-)-N(8)-norphenserine [(-)-12] were also obtained by transformations of natural physostigmine [(-)-13] and phenserine [(-)-14] prepared from(-)-13. The absolute configurations and optical purity of compounds (-)-11, (-)-12, (+)-11, and (+)-12 were confirmed by a comparison of their optical rotations with those of the compounds synthesized from physostigmine [(-)-13]. The anticholinesterase activities of N(8)-nor-and N(8)-substituted analogues, (-)-and (+)-9, -10, -11, -12, 15, and 16, were compared with those of physostigmine [(-)-and (+)-13] and phenserine [(-)- and (+)-14] and are reported.