Total Synthesis of Lyconesidine B, a Lycopodium Alkaloid with an Oxygenated, Amine-Type Fawcettimine Core

Org Lett. 2021 Feb 5;23(3):676-681. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03816. Epub 2020 Dec 16.

Abstract

This report describes the total synthesis of the complex, oxygenated tetracyclic alkaloid, lyconesidine B. The key synthetic challenge involves diastereoselective generation of a decahydroquinoline ring with a quaternary carbon at the angular position via domino cyclopropanation, ring-opening, and reduction. Another crucial step is the domino ene-yne metathesis involving a quaternary ammonium ion, leading to the construction of a decahydroazaazulen framework.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemical synthesis*
  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Amines / chemistry
  • Lycopodium / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxygen / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Amines
  • fawcettimine
  • Oxygen