作者:Seung-Mann Paek、Nam-Jung Kim、Dongyun Shin、Jae-Kyung Jung、Jong-Wha Jung、Dong-Jo Chang、Hyunyoung Moon、Young-Ger Suh
DOI:10.1002/chem.200902591
日期:2010.4.19
AbstractHighly concise asymmetric total syntheses of (+)‐tetrabenazine (1), a drug for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington’s disease, and of (+)‐α‐dihydrotetrabenazine (2), an active metabolite of 1, have been accomplished. Our synthetic route features a trans‐selective enol etherification, followed by an unprecedented cation‐dependent aza‐Claisen rearrangement to establish the carbon framework and two stereogenic centers of tetrabenazine. The syntheses consist of seven steps (34 % overall yield) for (+)‐2 and eight steps (22 % overall yield) for (+)‐1.