6874-98-2Relevant articles and documents
General approach for the synthesis of sarpagine/ajmaline indole alkaloids. Stereospecific total synthesis of the sarpagine alkaloid (+)-vellosimine
Wang, Tao,Cook, James M.
, p. 2057 - 2059 (2000)
matrix presented (+)-Vellosimine has been synthesized enantiospecifically in 27% overall yield from commercially available D-(+)-tryptophan methyl ester via the asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction and a stereocontrolled intramolecular palladium-coupling reaction as key steps.
Stereospecific total synthesis of the indole alkaloid ervincidine. Establishment of the C-6 hydroxyl stereochemistry
Rallapalli, Sundari K.,Namjoshi, Ojas A.,Tiruveedhula, V. V. N. Phani Babu,Deschamps, Jeffrey R.,Cook, James M.
, p. 3776 - 3780 (2014/05/20)
The total synthesis of the indole alkaloid ervincidine (3) is reported. This research provides a general entry into C-6 hydroxy-substituted indole alkaloids with either an α or a β configuration. This study corrects the errors in Glasby's book (Glasby, J. S. Encyclopedia of the Alkaloids; Plenum Press: New York, 1975) and Lounasmaa et al.'s review (Lounasmaa, M.; Hanhinen, P.; Westersund, M. In The Alkaloids; Cordell, G. A., Ed.; Academic Press: San Diego, CA, 1999; Vol. 52, pp 103-195) as well as clarifies the work of Yunusov et al. (Malikov, V. M.; Sharipov, M. R.; Yunusov, S. Yu. Khim. Prir. Soedin. 1972, 8, 760-761. Rakhimov, D. A.; Sharipov, M. R.; Aripov, Kh. N.; Malikov, V. M.; Shakirov, T. T.; Yunusov, S. Yu. Khim. Prir. Soedin. 1970, 6, 724-725). It establishes the correct absolute configuration of the C-6 hydroxyl function in ervincidine. This serves as a structure proof and corrects the misassigned structure reported in the literature.
First enantiospecific total synthesis of the important biogenetic intermediates, (+)-polyneuridme and (+)-polyneuridine aldehyde, as well as 16-epi-vellosimine and macusine A
Yin, Wenyuan,Jun, Ma.,Rivas, Felix M.,Cook, James M.
, p. 295 - 298 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) The first enantiospecific total synthesis of the alkaloids 16-epi-vellosimine (1), (+)-polyneuridine (2), (+)-polyneuridine aldehyde (3), and macusine A (4) is reported. The key oxidation was accomplished with the Corey-Kim reagent to provide the important biogenetic intermediates, 16-epi-vellosimine (1) and polyneuridine aldehyde (3), the latter of which is required for the conversion of the sarpagan skeleton into the ajmalan system in the biosynthesis of quebrachidine.