Intramolecular radical-induced stereoselective cyclization

In conclusion, intramolecular free radical addition may be a useful method of synthesizing bridged cyclic compounds. From the examples of the Cy5/Cy6 case noted in this section, it may be concluded that a large preference for the (Cy 5) radical formation again exists and that, in some cases, a very high stereoselectivity in the last transfer step may be observed. The same stereoselectivity is often observed in cationic-induced cyclizations. 

Two unselective approaches to the two alkaloids are illustrated in Scheme 50. A straightforward synthesis by King relied on acid-induced intramolecular Mannich reaction of ammoketone 396, prepared from 5-aminopentanal diethyl acetal and pent-3-en-2-one, to give a mixture of ( )-394 (55%) and ( )-395 (20%) (367). The synthesis by Pilli et at. involved a one-pot trimethylsilyl triflate-catalyzed condensation between pent-3-en-2-one and the acyliminium ion derived fium JV-Boc-2-ethoxypiperidine (397) (368,369). Under the reaction conditions, the intermediate 398 underwent spontaneous V-deprotection and cyclization to give a 5.5 1 mixture of ( )-394 and ( )-395 (67%). In the same Scheme is also shown the much shorter stereoselective synthesis of ( )-394 by Beckwith et al, who used a radical-mediated cyclization on the V-acylated 2,3-dihydropyridin-4-one 399 to give the bicyclic product 400 as the sole diastereomer (91%) (370). Compound 400 was readily converted into the target alkaloid by reduction of both carbonyl groups with lithium aluminum hydride followed by reoxidation of the secondary alcohol at C-2. 

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