Natural product synthesis Alkaloid

Trost BM, Brennan MK. Asymmetric syntheses of oxindole and indole spirocyclic alkaloid natural products. Synthesis 2009 3003-3025. 

Harrity JPA, Provoost O. [3+3] Cycloadditions and related strategies in alkaloid natural product synthesis. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005 3 1349-1358. 

The Bischler-Napieralski reaction involves the cyclization of phenethyl amides 1 in the presence of dehydrating agents such as P2O5 or POCI3 to afford 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline products 2. This reaction is one of the most commonly employed and versatile methods for the synthesis of the isoquinoline ring system, which is found in a large number of alkaloid natural products. The Bischler-Napieralski reaction is also frequently used for the conversion of N-acyl tryptamine derivatives 3 into p-carbolines 4 (eq 2). 

The Bischler-Napieralski reaction is one of the most widely used methods for the construction of dihydro- and tetrahydroisoquinoline units in the synthesis of alkaloid natural products. A few representative examples of the Bischler-Napieralski reaction in complex alkaloid syntheses are shown below. 

The Pictet-Spengler condensation has been of vital importance in the synthesis of numerous P-carboline and isoquinoline compounds in addition to its use in the formation of alkaloid natural products of complex structure. A tandem retro-aldol and Pictet-Spengler sequence was utilized in a concise and enantioselective synthesis of 18-pseudoyohimbone. Amine 49 cyclized under acidic conditions to give the condensation product 50 in good yield. Deprotection of the ketone produced the indole alkaloid 51. 

Baxendale, I.R., Deeley, J., Griffiths-Jones, C.M., Ley, S.V., Saaby, S., Tranmer, G.K. (2006) A Flow Process for the Multi-Step Synthesis of the Alkaloid Natural Product Oxomaritidine A New Paradigm for Molecular Assembly. Chemical Communications, 2566-2568. 

Officially, the history of MCRs dates back to the year 1850, with the introduction of the Strecker reaction (S-3CR) describing the formation of a-aminocyanides from ammonia, carbonyl compounds, and hydrogen cyanide [4]. In 1882, the reaction progressed to the Hantzsch synthesis (H-4CR) of 1,4-dihydropyridines by the reaction of amines, aldehydes, and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds [5], Some 25 years later, in 1917, Robinson achieved the total synthesis of the alkaloid tropinone by using a three-component strategy based on Mannich-type reactions (M-3CR) [6]. In fact, this was the earliest application of MCRs in natural product synthesis [7]. 

Nitroalkenes prepared from aromatic aldehydes are especially useful for natural product synthesis. For example, the products are directly converted into ketones via the Nef reaction (Section 6.1) or indoles (Section 10.2) via the reduction to phenylethylamines (Section 6.3.2). The application of these transformations are discussed later here, some examples are presented to emphasize their utility. Schemes 3.3 and 3.4 present a synthesis of 5,6-dihydroxyindole66 and asperidophytine indole alkaloid,67 respectively. 

Since Huisgen s definition of the general concepts of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, this class of reaction has been used extensively in organic synthesis. Nitro compounds can participate in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition as sources of 1,3-dipoles such as nitronates or nitroxides. Because the reaction of nitrones can be compared with that of nitronates, recent development of nitrones in organic synthesis is briefly summarized. 1,3-Dipolar cycloadditions to a double bond or a triple bond lead to five-membered heterocyclic compounds (Scheme 8.12). There are many excellent reviews on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, in particular, the monograph by Torssell covers this topic comprehensively. This chapter describes only recent progress in this field. Many papers have appeared after the comprehensive monograph by Torssell. Here, the natural product synthesis and asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition are emphasized.630 Synthesis of pyrrolidine and -izidine alkaloids based on cycloaddition reactions are also discussed in this chapter. 

Sequential pyrrolidine and hydantoin ring-forming reactions via intramolecular [2+3] cycloaddition have been applied to the stereoselective solid-phase synthesis of conformationally constrained tricyclic triazacyclopenta [C]pentalene scaffold 43 < 1999JOC8342>. These novel compounds 43 share the structural complexity characteristic of certain alkaloid natural products, angular triquinanes. The retrosynthetic analysis is shown in Scheme 87. 

The C2o-diterpene alkaloids have long served as classic targets within the field of natural product synthesis [14], Total syntheses of four C2o-diterpene alkaloids have thus far been reported atisine [15], veatchine [16], garryine [17], and napelline [18]. In spite of this progress, synthetic efforts toward the hetisine alkaloids have been relatively sparse. Prior to our work in the area, these efforts include one total synthesis and five synthetic studies. 

These epipolythiodiketopiperazine alkaloids, together with the calycanthaceous alkaloids (Fig. 9.1b), form a superfamily of natural products termed the dimeric hexahydropyrroloindole alkaloids [6-8]. The main dichotomy within this superfamily arises from the biogenetic elaboration of tryptamine versus tryptophan building blocks. The tryptamine-based calycanthaceous alkaloids, boasting members such as chimonanthine (7), calycanthine (9), and folicanthine (8), are largely plant derived and have a long and rich history in the context of natural product synthesis [7, 9]. 

Baxendale IR, Deeley J, Griffiths-Jones CM, Ley SV, Saaby S, Tranmer GK (2006) A flow process for the multi-step synthesis of the alkaloid natural product oxomaritidine a new paradigm for molecular assembly. Chem Commun, p 2566-2568... 

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Following the reaction, simple extraction provided access to both the hemiester prodnct and the alkaloid withont chromatography and the recovered cinchona alkaloid conld be reused with no deterioration in the ee or yield. This method has found use in the synthesis of P-amino alcohols and in natural product synthesis [198-201] and has recently been reported as an Organic Syntheses method [202],... 

In recent years heterodienes, in particular azadienes, have become a useful tool for construction of heterocyclic compounds. In fact, their application toward natural product synthesis through pericyclic processes has been reviewed and their great potential in the field of the alkaloid... 

Recent advances in the Stevens rearrangement of ammonium ylides have been reviewed in terms of application to the synthesis of alkaloid natural products.147... 

In addition to acetyl-CoA, shikimic acid, mevalonic acid, and deoxyxylulose phosphate, other building blocks based on amino acids are frequently employed in natural product synthesis. Peptides, proteins, alkaloids, and many antibiotics are derived from amino acids, and the origins of the most important amino acid components of these are briefly indicated in Figure 2.1. Intermediates from the glycolytic pathway and the Krebs cycle are used in constructing many of them, but the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine,... 

It became apparent early on that compounds of the 1,2-disubstituted cyclohexenes allow exploitation of a wide range of synthetic opportunities, leading to their frequent use in natural product synthesis the application of chemo-synthetic routes for selected monoterpenoid indole alkaloid alone are summarised here [86]. 

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