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Jiang D, Tang P, Xiong H, Lei S, Zhang Y, Zhang C, He L, Qiu H, Zhang M. A Homo-Mannich Reaction Strategy Enables Collective Access to Ibophyllidine, Aspidosperma, Kopsia, and Melodinus Alkaloids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202307286. [PMID: 37490018 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202307286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
Abstract
We report here a homo-Mannich reaction of cyclopropanol with an iminium ion, generated by an asymmetric allylic dearomatization of indole, to construct a tricyclic hydrocarbazole core, which is shared by a variety of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids across families. Through this approach, an all-carbon quaternary stereogenic center as well as an allyl and a ketone group were installed. Using this functionalized hydrocarbazole as the structural platform, D ring and E rings of different sizes (i.e., five-, six-, and seven-membered) were successively or simultaneously assembled, leading to a collective asymmetric synthesis of seven alkaloids belonging to the ibophyllidine, Aspidosperma, Kopsia, and Melodinus alkaloid families.
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- Dan Jiang
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Innovative Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, 55 Daxuecheng South Road, Shapingba, Chongqing 401331, China
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Kamileen MO, DeMars MD, Hong B, Nakamura Y, Paetz C, Lichman BR, Sonawane PD, Caputi L, O'Connor SE. Recycling Upstream Redox Enzymes Expands the Regioselectivity of Cycloaddition in Pseudo-Aspidosperma Alkaloid Biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:19673-19679. [PMID: 36240425 PMCID: PMC9634793 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Nature uses cycloaddition reactions to generate complex natural product scaffolds. Dehydrosecodine is a highly reactive biosynthetic intermediate that undergoes cycloaddition to generate several alkaloid scaffolds that are the precursors to pharmacologically important compounds such as vinblastine and ibogaine. Here we report how dehydrosecodine can be subjected to redox chemistry, which in turn allows cycloaddition reactions with alternative regioselectivity. By incubating dehydrosecodine with reductase and oxidase biosynthetic enzymes that act upstream in the pathway, we can access the rare pseudoaspidosperma alkaloids pseudo-tabersonine and pseudo-vincadifformine, both in vitro and by reconstitution in the plant Nicotiana benthamiana from an upstream intermediate. We propose a stepwise mechanism to explain the formation of the pseudo-tabersonine scaffold by structurally characterizing enzyme intermediates and by monitoring the incorporation of deuterium labels. This discovery highlights how plants use redox enzymes to enantioselectively generate new scaffolds from common precursors.
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- Mohamed O Kamileen
- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany.,Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany.,Research Group Biosynthesis and NMR, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Research Group Biosynthesis and NMR, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena 07745, Germany
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Prasad MS, Sivaprakash M, Palanichamy A. Aminocatalytic asymmetric [4 + 2]-annulation to access functionally rich hexahydrospiroindole pyrazolones. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:6329-6333. [PMID: 35876851 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01085b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, we report the [4 + 2]-annulation of in situ generated trienamine from 2-(E)-benzylidine-3-pyrrolidinyl acraldehyde with pyrazolone olefins for the first time. It is a robust protocol for the synthesis of biologically appealing functionally rich hexahydrospiroindole pyrazolones which is reflected in excellent yields, stereoselectivity, operational simplicity and broad substrate scope as demonstrated in this paper. Furthermore, we have also explored the synthetic applications of optically pure hexahydrospiroindole pyrazolone to construct biologically important alkylated hexahydrospiroindole pyrazolone and octahydrospiroindole pyrazolone with good yields and high selectivity.
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- Madavi S Prasad
- Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur-610 005, India.
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- Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur-610 005, India.
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- Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur-610 005, India.
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Signo K, Canesi S. Synthesis of Deoxyaspidodispermine Based on a Functional Protecting Group Strategy. Org Lett 2022; 24:4939-4942. [PMID: 35775634 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A synthesis of deoxyaspidodispermine was produced from homotyramine. This approach is based on the application of a functional protecting group strategy that not only masks the reactivity of sensitive groups during crucial steps but also possesses a moiety desired in the final target, which is transferred to the substrate at the time of deprotection. This synthesis highlights an aza-Michael-Smiles ring-closure cascade, which enables the formation of a tetracyclic system from a nosylamide protecting group.
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- Kouassi Signo
- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada
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Marquès C, Diaba F, Roca J, Bonjoch J. Synthesis and reactivity of hydroindole enelactams leading to densely functionalized scaffolds. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:2284-2301. [PMID: 33625434 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00060h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The 5-endo-trig radical cyclization of N-benzyl-N-[(2-substituted)cycloalkenyl] trichloroacetamides (tetrasubstituted enamides) using Bu3SnH and AIBN is a reliable synthetic procedure giving access to 3a-methyl- and 3a-methoxycarbonyl enelactams. The substrate-controlled diastereoselective enolate alkylation of these enelactams resulted in the synthesis of a set of 3-substituted derivatives that upon reduction furnished polyfunctionalized cis-octahydroindoles. The latter building blocks, which embody three consecutive stereocenters at C-3, C-3a, and C-7a, were also synthesized through an initial reductive radical cyclization using (carbo-substituted)dichloroacetamides.
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- Clàudia Marquès
- Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
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