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Li W, Jiang M, Chen W, Chen Y, Yang Z, Tang P, Chen F. Total Synthesis of (-)-Canadine, (-)-Rotundine, (-)-Sinactine, and (-)-Xylopinine Using a Last-Step Enantioselective Ir-Catalyzed Hydrogenation. J Org Chem 2021; 86:8143-8153. [PMID: 34076443 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A concise asymmetric total synthesis of a group of tetrahydroprotoberberine alkaloids, (-)-canadine, (-)-rotundine, (-)-sinactine, and (-)-xylopinine, has been accomplished in three steps from the commercially available corresponding disubstituted phenylethylamine and disubstituted benzaldehyde. Our synthesis toward these four alkaloids took advantage of the following strategy: in the first step, we achieved an efficient and sustainable synthesis of secondary amine hydrochlorides via a fully continuous flow; in the second step, we developed a Pictet-Spengler reaction/Friedel-Crafts hydroxyalkylation/dehydration cascade for the construction of the dihydroprotoberberine core structure (ABCD-ring); and in the last step, Ir-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation was employed for the introduction of the desired stereochemistry at the C-14 position in the tetrahydroprotoberberine alkaloids. This work significantly expedites the asymmetric synthesis of the entire tetrahydroprotoberberine alkaloid family as well as a more diverse set of structurally related non-natural analogues.
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- Weijian Li
- Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.,Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Engineering Center of Industrial Asymmetric Catalysis for Chiral Drugs, Shanghai 200433, China
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Chackal S, Facompré M, Houssin R, Goossens JF, Pommery N, Hénichart JP, Bailly C. Highly cytotoxic benzo[c]pyrido[2,3,4-kl]acridines. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2003; 13:943-6. [PMID: 12617926 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)01066-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Several benzo[c]pyrido[2,3,4-kl]acridines bearing different substituents on the A and E rings were synthesized and evaluated for their capacity to bind to DNA and to inhibit DNA topoisomerases. Potent cytotoxic compounds were discovered but no strict correlation with their DNA binding affinity and effects on topoisomerases were observed. DNA is one but not the unique target of these compounds.
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- Sarah Chackal
- Institut de Chimie Pharmaceutique Albert Lespagnol, EA 2692, Université de Lille 2, BP 83, 59006 Lille, France
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Cutter PS, Miller R, Schore NE. Synthesis of protoberberines using a silyl-directed Pictet–Spengler cyclization. Tetrahedron 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(02)00010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Philog�ne BJR, Arnason JT, Towers GHN, Abramowski Z, Campos F, Champagne D, McLachlan D. Berberine: A naturally occurring phototoxic alkaloid. J Chem Ecol 1984; 10:115-23. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00987648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/1982] [Revised: 03/31/1983] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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