Atroposelective Biaryl Coupling with Chiral Catalysts: Total Synthesis of the Antileishmanial Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids Ancistrotanzanine B and Ancistroealaine A
[reaction: see text] The first total synthesis of the naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid ancistrotanzanine B and its atropo-diastereomer, ancistroealaine A, is described. The key step is the construction of the rotationally hindered and thus stereogenicbiaryl axis by Suzuki coupling. While only weak internal asymmetric inductions by the stereogenic center in the dihydroisoquinoline part were observed,