摘要

The total syntheses of 8-oxyberberine and oxohomoberberines were accomplished starting from commercially available 5-bromobenzo[d][1,3]dioxole, piperonal and sesamol in high total yield. The key steps involved a modified Pomeranz-Fritsch reaction and the intramolecular Heck cyclization. This approach is short, convenient and suitable for the preparation of homoberberine analogues.