Tungsten-Promoted Hetero-Pauson–Khand Cycloaddition: Application to the Total Synthesis of (–)-Allosecurinine

Abstract

Herein, we report a concise enantioselective synthesis of (–)-allosecurinine, a tetracyclic Securinega alkaloid featuring an α,β-unsaturated γ-lactone moiety. Starting from inexpensive and readily available trans-l-hydroxyproline, our strategy entails a rare late-stage [2+2+1]-hetero-Pauson–Khand cycloaddition between a ketone and an alkyne as the key complexity-generating step to rapidly install the CD-ring system. The reported W(CO)₆-promoted intramolecular cyclization provides the first example of a tungsten-mediated hetero-Pauson–Khand reaction. This approach to the strained bicyclic CD motif present in ­allosecurinine provides some insights into the boundaries of this potentially powerful methodology that might be further extended to other butenolide-containing natural products.

Key words

alkaloids - total synthesis - tungsten - cyclization - natural products

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