Synthesis of Polycyclic Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Tetrahydrobenzo[ d]azepines from Polymer-Supported Allylglycine

J Org Chem. 2022 Apr 15;87(8):5242-5256. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00039. Epub 2022 Mar 28.

Abstract

Herein, we report a multistep synthesis of polycyclic tetrahydroisoquinolines and tetrahydrobenzo[d]azepines starting from Wang resin-immobilized allylglycine. After sulfonylation with 2/4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chlorides, Mitsunobu alkylation with various phenylalkynols yielded the corresponding (phenylprop-2-yn-1-yl)-sulfonamides. "Interior" ring-closure enyne metathesis (RCEM) using a Grubbs catalyst second generation (Ru2) yielded functionalized tetrahydroisoquinoline/tetrahydrobenzo[d]azepine intermediates. "East-side" [4 + 2] cycloaddition with representative dienophiles was followed by the "west-side" construction of different heterocycles using various electrophiles to finally furnish a set of novel molecular frameworks bearing fused [6 + 6] or [6 + 7] rings. The developed methodology enables the facile parallel synthesis of novel, pharmacologically promising compounds derived from privileged scaffolds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Allylglycine
  • Azepines*
  • Cyclization
  • Polymers
  • Tetrahydroisoquinolines*

Substances

  • Azepines
  • Polymers
  • Tetrahydroisoquinolines
  • Allylglycine