One-pot total syntheses of natural products containing a THP-ring backbone: (±)-centrolobine and (±)-civet cat secretion

Hai Zhou, Teck Peng Loh*

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Abstract

A one-pot strategy is devised and applied to the total syntheses of natural products with a THP-ring backbone. A special feature of this one-pot synthesis is the recyclability of the indium complex byproduct generated from the indium-mediated allylation reaction for concurrent catalysis in subsequent steps. Centrolobine and civet cat secretion are synthesized via this new method in overall yields of 58% and 23%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4368-4371
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume50
Issue number30
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 29 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

Keywords

  • Centrolobine
  • Civet cat secretion
  • Natural product
  • One-pot
  • THP
  • Total synthesis

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