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- Title
Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (−)-Stenine and 9a- epi-Stenine.
- Authors
Fujioka, Hiromichi; Nakahara, Kenji; Kotoku, Naoyuki; Ohba, Yusuke; Nagatomi, Yasushi; Wang, Tsung-Lung; Sawama, Yoshinari; Murai, Kenichi; Hirano, Kie; Oki, Tomohiro; Wakamatsu, Shintaro; Kita, Yasuyuki
- Abstract
A route for the asymmetric synthesis of (−)-stenine, a member of the Stemona alkaloid family used as folk medicine in Asian countries, is described. The key features of the sequence employed include stereoselective transformations on a cyclohexane ring controlled by a chiral auxiliary unit and an intramolecular Mitsunobu reaction to construct the perhydroindole ring system. By using an intermediate in the route to (−)-stenine, an asymmetric synthesis of 9a- epi-stenine was also executed. The C(9a) stereocenter in 9a- epi-stenine was installed by using a Staudinger/aza-Wittig reaction of a keto-azide precursor followed by reduction of the resulting imine. The results of this effort demonstrate the applicability of the chiral auxiliary based strategy to the preparation of naturally occurring alkaloids that contain highly functionalized cyclohexane cores.
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 43, p13861
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201200376