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Highly diastereoselective total synthesis of the anti-tumoral agent (±)-Spisulosine (ES285) from a Morita–Baylis–Hillman adduct

✍ Scribed by Giovanni W. Amarante; Mayra Cavallaro; Fernando Coelho


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2010
Tongue
French
Weight
285 KB
Volume
51
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis


We disclose herein a new approach for the highly diastereoselective total synthesis of the anti-tumoral agent (±)-Spisulosine. The synthesis was accomplished in seven steps with an overall yield of 10%. The key step involves the transformation of a Morita-Baylis-Hillman into an acyloin, which was subsequently used as substrate in a highly diastereoselective reductive amination reaction.