A Short Scalable Route to (−)-α-Kainic Acid Using Pt-Catalyzed Direct Allylic Amination

Autor: Kenji Watanabe, Ming Zhang, Masafumi Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Ryozo Shibuya, Takashi Ohshima
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Chemistry - A European Journal. 21:3937-3941
ISSN: 0947-6539
Popis: An increased supply of scarce or inaccessible natural products is essential for the development of more sophisticated pharmaceutical agents and biological tools, and thus the development of atom-economical, step-economical and scalable processes to access these natural products is in high demand. Herein we report the development of a short, scalable total synthesis of (−)-α-kainic acid, a useful compound in neuropharmacology that is, however, limited in supply from natural resources. The synthesis features sequential platinum-catalyzed direct allylic aminations and thermal ene-cyclization, enabling the gram-scale synthesis of (−)-α-kainic acid in six steps and 34 % overall yield.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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