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J Org Chem. 2011 Apr 15;76(8):2694-700. | Total synthesis of (-)-cocaine and (-)-ferruginine.[Pubmed: 21391709 ] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
Total synthesis of tropane alkaloids (-)-cocaine and (-)-Ferruginine were accomplished in nine steps each and in 55% and 46% overall yields, respectively, starting from the known Betti base derivative (+)-(7aR,10R,12S)-10-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)-7a,8,9,10-tetrahydro-12-phenyl-12H-naphtho[1,2-e]pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine. In this novel route, RCM reaction and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition were employed as key steps for the enantioselective construction of tropane skeleton and the regioselective introduction of 3-bromo-2-isoxazoline ring as masked cis-2,3-disubstituents.
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To obtain the desired precursor (2S,5R)-2-allyl-5-vinylpyrrolidine for RCM reaction, we developed a general and practical method for the preparation of enantiopure cis-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines bearing alkene- and/or alkyne-containing substituents. We also offered two highly efficient pathways for the conversion of the 3-bromo-2-isoxazoline ring into the desired cis-2,3-disubstituted groups in (-)-cocaine and (-)-Ferruginine. | Australian Journal of Chemistry,1979, 32(11): 2537 -2543. | Alkaloids of Darlingia ferruginea[Reference: WebLink] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
Darlingia ferruginea J. F. Bailey contains the new tropane alkaloids ferrugine (2) and 3α-benzoyloxy-2α-hydroxybenzyltropane (4) as well as darlingine (1) and Ferruginine (3), which also occur in D. darlingiana. |
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