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SUBMITTER: Rahman MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5298885 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20160816 17
An enolate driven copper-mediated cross-coupling process enabled cheaper and greener access to the key pentacyclic intermediates required for the enantiospecific total synthesis of a number of C-19 methyl substituted sarpagine/macroline indole alkaloids. Replacement of palladium (60-68%) with copper iodide (82-89%) resulted in much higher yields. The formation of an unusual 7-membered cross-coupling product was completely inhibited by using TEMPO as a radical scavenger. Further functionalization ...[more]