Synthesis of cleavamine-type indole alkaloids and their 5-nor derivatives by a ring-closing metathesis–vinyl halide Heck cyclization strategy
作者:M.-Lluïsa Bennasar、Daniel Solé、Ester Zulaica、Sandra Alonso
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.064
日期:2013.3
An indole-templated RCM has been used to assemble the central medium-sized rings of the indole upper-half of vinorelbine and the cleavamine-type alkaloids. From these key intermediates, the bridged tetracyclic framework of the alkaloids is completed with the insertion of a 2-ethylpropeno unit, by N-alkylation followed by a challenging endocyclic vinyl halide Heck cyclization. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated with the synthesis of (+/-)-cleavamine and (+/-)-dihydrocleavamine. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.