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Synfacts 2006(3): 0199-0199
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931925
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931925
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (-)-Kainic Acid
Y. Morita, H. Tokuyama, T. Fukuyama*
University Of Tokyo, Japan
Further Information
Publication History
Publication Date:
21 February 2006 (online)
Significance
(-)-Kainic acid is a neurotoxin and antihelmintic principle isolated from the red alga Digenea simplex. A noteworthy feature of the Fukuyama synthesis is the use of the (+)-Sparteine surrogate E to achieve the regio- and stereoselective lithiation-carboxylation of the pyrrolidine ring in D. For a recent approach to (-)-Kainic acid based on asymmetric deprotonation with(-)-Sparteine see: M. M. Martínez, D. Hoppe Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 8, 1427-1442.