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Domino Michael/Mannich/ N-alkylation route to the tetrahydrocarbazole framework of Aspidosperma alkaloids: Concise total syntheses of (-)-aspidospermidine, (-)-tabersonine, and (-)-vincadifformine
Zhao, Senzhi,Andrade, Rodrigo B.
, p. 13334 - 13337 (2013)
We report a novel, asymmetric domino Michael/Mannich/N-alkylation sequence for the rapid assembly of the tetrahydrocarbazole framework of Aspidosperma alkaloids. This method was utilized in the concise total syntheses of classical targets (-)-aspidospermidine, (-)-tabersonine, and (-)-vincadifformine in 10 or 11 steps. Additional key steps include ring-closing metathesis to prepare the D-ring and Bosch-Rubiralta spirocyclization to prepare the C-ring.