Synthesis of (-)-Epibatidine and Its Derivatives from Chiral Allene-1,3-dicarboxylate Esters

Autor: Toshio Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Kimura, Takahiro Katoh, Kiyoharu Nishide, Manabu Node, Tetsuya Kajimoto
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 54:399-402
ISSN: 1347-5223
0009-2363
Popis: (-)-Epibatidine, an excellent candidate of non-opioidal anesthesia, was formally synthesized in short steps from di-(l)-menthyl (R)-allene-1,3-dicarboxylate that was facilely prepared as a single isomer by means of crystallization-induced asymmetric transformation from a diastereomer mixture of (R)- and (S)-allene-1,3-dicarboxylates. Taking advantage of the chiral synthesis, derivatives of (-)-epibatidine were also prepared for targeting diagnostic agents that could bind nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the mammalian central nerve system.
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