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Total synthesis of (±)-anatoxin-a via N-acyliminium intermediates

✍ Scribed by Karen H Melching; Henk Hiemstra; Wim J Klaver; W.Nico Speckamp


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1986
Tongue
French
Weight
254 KB
Volume
27
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis


Anatoxin-a has been synthesized in 8 steps, starting from succinimide, 4-bromo-l--butene and dimethyl (2-oxopropyl)phosphonate, by employing as the key step an intramolecular reaction of an N-acyliminium precursor with an cu,&unsaturated ketone moiety, induced by saturated HCl in MeOH at -5OOC.

Anatoxin-a (1) is a potent neurotoxin, produced by certain strains of the fresh water blue green alga Anabaena flos-aquae'. Both its unique structure (the only natural product identified to date with the 9-azabicyclo[4.2.1]nonane skeleton), and its significant biological properties (powerful nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist2) have aroused the interest of synthetic


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