State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China , Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Kunming 650201 , China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China.
J Org Chem. 2018 Apr 20;83(8):4867-4870. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00529. Epub 2018 Apr 5.
The first total synthesis of the monoterpene indole alkaloid (±)-arbornamine (1) has been completed, which proceeds in only 6 steps and 31% overall yield from three readily available, known compounds. The synthesis features a cascade involving a Pictet-Spengler cyclization/intramolecular ammonolysis to create the tetracyclic core of arbornamine (1) in a single chemical operation. The subsequent elaboration of 5 into 1 was effected by a key reductive Heck reaction and global reduction.
首次完成了单萜吲哚生物碱(±)-阿罗因的全合成(1),仅通过 6 步反应,以 3 个易得的已知化合物为原料,以 31%的总收率即可完成。该合成方法具有级联反应特征,涉及到Pictet-Spengler 环化/分子内氨解反应,可在单次化学反应中构建阿罗因(1)的四环核心。随后通过关键的还原 Heck 反应和全局还原反应,将 5 转化为 1。