Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Stenine and 9a-epi-Stenine

作者：Fujioka Hiromichi^*; Nakahara Kenji; Kotoku Naoyuki; Ohba Yusuke; Nagatomi Yasushi; Wang Tsung Lung; Sawama Yoshinari; Murai Kenichi; Hirano Kie; Oki Tomohiro; Wakamatsu Shintaro; Kita Yasuyuki

来源：Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012, 18(43): 13861-13870.

DOI：10.1002/chem.201200376

• alkaloids
• asymmetric synthesis
• chiral auxiliary
• natural products
• stenine

A route for the asymmetric synthesis of (-)-stenine, a member of the Stemona alkaloid family used as folk medicine in Asian countries, is described. The key features of the sequence employed include stereoselective transformations on a cyclohexane ring controlled by a chiral auxiliary unit and an intramolecular Mitsunobu reaction to construct the perhydroindole ring system. By using an intermediate in the route to (-)-stenine, an asymmetric synthesis of 9a-epi-stenine was also executed. The C(9a) stereocenter in 9a-epi-stenine was installed by using a Staudinger/aza-Wittig reaction of a ketoazide precursor followed by reduction of the resulting imine. The results of this effort demonstrate the applicability of the chiral auxiliary based strategy to the preparation of naturally occurring alkaloids that contain highly functionalized cyclohexane cores.

• 出版日期2012-10