A New Synthetic Strategy for Deethyldasycarpidone Based on an Azocino[4,3-b]indole Intermediate
摘要
The development of efficient sequences for the total synthesis of 20-deethyldascarpidone is described. The central step in these syntheses is the intramolecular aldol reaction, which constructs the tetracyclic 1,5-methanoazocino[4,3-b]indole ring system in five steps from 2,3-dihydrospiro[carbazole-1,2′-[1,3]dithiolan]-4(9H)-one (1) and N-methylglycine (2). Using one additional step, this intermediate is advanced to 20-deethyldascarpidone over five steps with 49% overall yield, forming the constituent ABCD-ring system of Strychnos alkaloids for the first time in a different way.