Strychnos 1990 - 2004 - Crops for the Future
Strychnos 1990 - 2004 - Crops for the Future
Strychnos 1990 - 2004 - Crops for the Future
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Padwa, A., T. M. Heidelbaugh, J. T. Kue<strong>the</strong>, M. S. McClure and Q. Wang<br />
Tandem pummerer/mannich cyclization cascade of alpha-sulfinylamides as a meth<br />
2002<br />
Journal of Organic Chemistry<br />
67(17): 5928-5937<br />
Abstract<br />
A series of alpha-sulfinylenamides was conveniently prepared by <strong>the</strong> condensation of a primary<br />
amine with a ketone, followed by reaction of <strong>the</strong> resulting imine with ethylsulfenylacetyl chloride<br />
and subsequent oxidation with sodium periodate. When treated with p-TsOH, cyclization occurred to<br />
produce fused isoquinoline lactams by a mechanism that involves an initial Pummerer reaction<br />
followed by a subsequent cyclization of <strong>the</strong> resulting N-acyliminium ion onto <strong>the</strong> te<strong>the</strong>red aromatic<br />
ring. The isolation of a single diastereomer was rationalized in terms of a Nazarov-type 4pielectrocyclic<br />
reaction followed by pi-cyclization onto <strong>the</strong> least hindered side of <strong>the</strong> N-acyliminium<br />
ion. Ano<strong>the</strong>r method that was used to generate <strong>the</strong> alpha-acylthionium ion intermediate involved <strong>the</strong><br />
reaction of bis(ethylsulfenylacetyl)acetamides with dimethyl(methyl)thiosulfonium tetrafluoroborate<br />
(DMTSF). Treatment of several bis-ethylsulfenylenamides with DMTSF delivered novel<br />
spiroheterocycles as single diastereomers in good yield by a related process. The convergency and<br />
stereochemical control associated with this cascade sequence make it particularly suited <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
assembly of natural product scaffolds. Some preliminary studies were directed toward both<br />
mesembrine and deethylibophyllidine. When <strong>the</strong> model Z-enamido sulfoxide 33 was heated with p-<br />
TsOH, a 80% yield of tosylate 34 was obtained as a single diastereomer. In this case, <strong>the</strong> carbocation<br />
intermediate derived from cyclization onto <strong>the</strong> terminal pi-bond was trapped with p-TsOH from <strong>the</strong><br />
least hindered face, opposite <strong>the</strong> angular carbomethoxy and methyl groups. Related cyclization<br />
cascades were also found to occur with systems containing te<strong>the</strong>red indole rings.<br />
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Abstract<br />
Philippe G; Prost E; Nuzillard JM; Zeches-Hanrot M; Tits M; Angenot L; Frederi<br />
Strychnohexamine from <strong>Strychnos</strong> icaja, a naturally occurring trimeric indolomon<br />
2002<br />
Tetrahedron Letters<br />
43(18): 3387 - 3390<br />
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