Synfacts 2010(2): 0131-0131  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219022
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Alkaloid (±)-G. B. 13

Rezensent(en):Philip Kocienski
K. K. Larson, R. Sarpong*
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Total Synthesis of Alkaloid (±)-G. B. 13 Using a Rh(I)-Catalyzed Ketone Hydroarylation and Late-Stage Pyridine Reduction
J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2009,  131:  13244-13245  
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Publikationsverlauf

Publikationsdatum:
21. Januar 2010 (online)


Significance

G. B. 13 is one of the 28 Galbuli­mima alkaloids isolated from a tree in Papua New Guinea. Some members of the family (e.g. himbacine) have potentially useful biological activity. The key step in the synthesis depicted is an unprecedented intramolecular rhodium(I)-catalyzed ­hydroarylation reaction (HI).

Comment

A vexatious step was the 1,3-allylic transposition of the alcohol C. A variety of reagents and conditions offered little hope until the discovery that the Parikh-Doering conditions were effective.