Total Syntheses of (–)-Kopsifoline
D and (–)-Deoxoapodine:
Divergent Total Synthesis via Late-
Stage Key Strategic Bond
Formation
Kiyoun Lee and Dale L. Boger The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, Ca J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3312.
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Kopsifolines and Related Compounds
• Common pentacyclic core structure.
• Allows for a common intermediate.
• Same synthetic strategy provides access to a number of natural products.
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Synthesis of the Common Intermediate
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 3009.
Indole
Ester
OTBS
O-Bridge
Simplified representation of A.
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J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 3009. Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 868.
Synthesis of (+)-Fendleridine and Kopsinine
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MacMillan’s Enantioselective Synthesis of (–)-Kopsinine
Nature, 2011, 475, 183. Joe Salamoun @ Wipf Group Page 5 of 10 4/12/2014
Synthesis of Kopsifoline H and Dihydrokopsifoline D
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Synthesis of Kopsifoline D and Deoxoapodine
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Overman Racemic Synthesis of Deoxoapodine
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 2598. Joe Salamoun @ Wipf Group Page 8 of 10 4/12/2014
Key Step from Overman Synthesis
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Conclusions
• Practical use of the same intermediate for the synthesis of a variety of natural products with the same core structure.
• The synthetic routes utilize similar chemistry
displaying reproducibility/usefulness of the reactions.
• Key steps are diastereoselective but not
enantioselective. It is a racemic synthesis with chiral separation of key intermediates. This invites questions about the true yields of the reactions when accounting for enantiomers.
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