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Synthesis of (±)-phthalascidin 650 analogue: New synthetic route to (±)-phthalascidin 622
Razafindrabe, Christian R.,Aubry, Sylvain,Bourdon, Benjamin,Andriantsiferana, Marta,Pellet-Rostaing, Stéphane,Lemaire, Marc
experimental part, p. 9061 - 9066 (2011/01/04)
A synthesis of functionalized phenolic α-amino-alcohol (±)-13 as synthetic precursor of the catechol tetrahydroisoquinoline structure of phthalascidin 650 is disclosed. Starting from 3-methylcatechol 5, eight steps of synthesis give rise to the synthesis of phenolic α-amino-alcohol (±)-13 in 27% overall yield. This synthetic strategy involves the elaboration of fully functionalized aromatic aldehyde 8 and its transformation into a phenolic α-amino-alcohol (±)-13, through a Knoevenagel condensation, simultaneous reduction of nitroketene and ester functions and hydrogenolysis of the benzyl protecting group. The pentacycle (±)-18 was obtained after four additional steps. The Pictet-Spengler cyclisation between the phenolic α-amino-alcohol (±)-13 and N-protected α-amino-aldehyde 4 allowed to obtain (1,3′)-bis- tetrahydroisoquinoline 14 with N-methylated and N-Fmoc removed. The last step was a Swern oxidation for allowing an intramolecular condensation.
Synthetic studies on ecteinascidin 743: Asymmetric synthesis of the versatile amino acid component
Jin, Wei,Williams, Robert M.
, p. 4635 - 4639 (2007/10/03)
The asymmetric synthesis of the modified tyrosine derivative as a basic building block for the ecteinascidin and safracin family of antitumor alkaloids has been achieved in nine steps and 39% overall yield.