A practical and scaleable total synthesis of the jaborandi alkaloid (+)-pilocarpine

被引:20
作者
Davies, Stephen G. [1 ]
Roberts, Paul M. [1 ]
Stephenson, Peter T. [1 ]
Storr, Helen R. [1 ]
Thomson, James E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Chem, Chem Res Lab, Oxford OX1 3TA, England
关键词
Jaborandi alkalids; Pilocarpine; Isopilocarpine; Pilosinine; BIFUNCTIONAL CHIRAL SYNTHONS; FORMAL SYNTHESIS; CHIROSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS; BIOCHEMICAL METHODS; PILOCARPINE; ANALOGS; ANNOUNCEMENT; DERIVATIVES; STIMULANTS; PURITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.tet.2009.07.010
中图分类号
O62 [有机化学];
学科分类号
070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The total synthesis of (+)-pilocarpine (as its nitrate salt) has been achieved in nine steps and 30% overall yield starting from racemic 2-(2',2'-dimethoxyethyl)propane-1,3-diol, which was desymmetrised via all enzymatic protocol. A high yielding synthesis of a key alpha-ethylidene lactone precursor has been developed, which involves the palladium-catalysed decarboxylation/carbonylation of a 1,3-dioxan-2-one for formation or the gamma-butyrolactone ring. Subsequent hydrogenation of the alpha-ethylidene lactone introduces the C(3)-stereochemistry to give a 72 28 mixture of (+)-pilocarpine and (+)-isopilocarpine, which are readily separable via recrystallisation of the (-)-pilocarpine nitrate salt (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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页码:8283 / 8296
页数:14
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