Formal Syntheses of (-)-Lepadiformines A, C, and (-)-Fasicularin

J Org Chem. 2019 May 3;84(9):5222-5229. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b00071. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

Abstract

Marine tricyclic alkaloids lepadiformine and fasicularin, with a unique perhydropyrrolo[2,1- j]quinoline or perhydropyrido[2,1- j]quinoline framework, were synthesized starting from the B ring of the tricyclic system. This approach includes a highly stereocontrolled diallylation of a cyclic enaminoester and subsequent ring-closing metathesis to construct the A/B ring system, which was transformed into key lactams 32 and 33, and amino alcohol 37. Thus, we achieved formal syntheses of (-)-lepadiformines A, C, and (-)-fasicularin in a divergent manner.

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemical synthesis*
  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Thiocyanates / chemical synthesis*
  • Thiocyanates / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Thiocyanates
  • fasicularin
  • lepadiformine