A. D. Brosius, A. Overman, Lothar Schwink
Jan 13, 1999
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Abstract
Enantioselective total syntheses of aloperine (1), N-methylaloperine (2), and N-allylaloperine (3) are reported. The central element of the synthetic strategy is an intramolecular Diels−Alder reaction in which the cycloaddends are tethered by a N-silylamine linkage. The total synthesis of 1 proceeds from commercially available 3-hydroxypiperidine hydrochloride (54) and (R)-pipecolinic acid (35) by way of nine isolated and purified intermediates. The synthesis is sufficiently efficient that gram quantities of (+)-aloperine (1) can be readily prepared. Early exploratory studies also introduced a convenient method for tethering cycloaddition partners with a sulfonamide unit to realize the intramolecular Diels−Alder cycloaddition of a vinylsulfonamide: 45 → 46.