2671-57-0Relevant articles and documents
Studies on the syntheses of heterocyclic compounds. DCLXXI. An alternative total synthesis of yohimbine.
Kametani,Hirai,Fukumoto
, p. 2500 - 2503 (1976)
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Enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-3-iso-19,20-dehydro-β-yohimbine from secologanin: A route to normal and pseudo stereoisomers of yohimbine
Brown, Richard T.,Pratt, Simon B.,Richards, Paul
, p. 5627 - 5630 (2007/10/03)
Hydrolysis of secologanin ethylene acetal at pH 7 resulted in stereoselective aldol cyclisation to a cyclohexene aldehyde, which, on reductive amination and cyclisation with tryptamine afforded (-)-3-iso-19,20- dehydro-β-yohimbine, converted into various normal and pseudo isomers of yohimbine. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Total Syntheses of Yohimbe Alkaloids, with Stereoselection for the Normal, Allo, and 3-Epiallo Series, Based on Annelations of 4-Methoxy-1,2-dihydropyridones
Kuehne, Martin E.,Muth, Randy S.
, p. 2701 - 2712 (2007/10/02)
N--2,3-dihydro-4-pyridone (31) was generated in two steps (77percent yield) from tryptamine and N-methyl-4-piperidone methiodide.Its cyclization (90percent yield) and oxidation (91percent yield) provided the tetracyclic analogue 32.O-Methylation and Robinson-type annelation of these vinylogous lactams (the latter in form of its Na-carbamate) furnished the dienones 38 (64percent) and 43 (90percent).Further elaboration by cyclization and/or reduction reactions selectively provided the 15,16-didehydroyohimbinones 7 and 44.Their reductions then led to yohimbinone (52, 20percent overall yield from tryptamine), alloyohimbinone (11, 19percent overall yield), and 3-epi-alloyohimbinone (10, 23percent overall yield), which led to yohimbine (3), β-yohimbine (9), 3-epi-alloyohimbine (53), and 3-epi-17-epi-alloyohimbine (54).