A chemoenzymatic route to the (+)-form of the amaryllidaceae alkaloid narseronine

Shuxin Yang, Martin G. Banwell*, Anthony C. Willis, Jas S. Ward

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    Abstract

    The enzymatically derived and enantiopure cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol 1 has been converted, over 14 one-pot operations, into the (+)-form of the alkaloid narseronine (2). The present study, which complements earlier work that established a route from metabolite 1 to enantiomer (-)-2, involves an N-bromosuccinimide/tri-n-butyltin hydride-mediated cyclisation reaction to construct the unsaturated B-ring lactone of the target compound.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)241-247
    Number of pages7
    JournalAustralian Journal of Chemistry
    Volume68
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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