The chiral 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline intermediates in the the key raw material in the Beyerman route, 3,5-dibenzyloxy-4-methoxyphenylacetic acid (1), starting from gallic acid methyl Rice and Beyerman routes to morphine, (+)-(R)-1-(3-hydroxy-4methoxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinol
Practical synthesis of (−)-morphine
✍ Scribed by Johann Mulzer; Dirk Trauner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0899-0042
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✦ Synopsis
The hydrophenanthrenone approach to the synthesis of morphinane alkaloids such as (-)-dihydrocodeinone ( 16) is described. Optical activity is achieved by chiral resolution of the hydrophenanthrenone derivative 6 on cellulose triacetate. Key steps of the thirteen-step synthesis are the conjugate addition of vinyl cuprate to 6, which generates the crucial benzylic quaternary center and the demethylative cycloetherification step that transforms bromoketone 8 into morphinane 9. Chirality 11: 475-482, 1999.
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