Palladium-Catalyzed Ullmann Cross-Coupling/Tandem Reductive Cyclization Route to Key Members of the Uleine Alkaloid Family

Fei Tang, Martin G. Banwell*, Anthony C. Willis

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    Abstract

    The trisubstituted cyclohexenone 12, generated through a palladium-catalyzed Ullmann cross-coupling reaction between o-iodonitrobenzene and a 4,5-trans-disubstituted 2-iodo-2-cyclohexen-1-one, engaged in a tandem reductive cyclization process upon exposure to hydrogen gas in the presence of Raney cobalt. As a result, the 1,5-methanoazocino[4,3-b]indole 13 was obtained and this could be readily elaborated to the racemic modifications of the alkaloids uleine, dasycarpidone, noruleine, and nordasycarpidone (1-4, respectively).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2950-2957
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
    Volume81
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2016

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