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SUBMITTER: Ghosh AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5526648 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European journal of organic chemistry 20161128 36
Enantioselective syntheses of (-)-alloyohimbane and (-)-yohimbane was accomplished in a convergent manner. The key step involved a modified mild protocol for the enantioselective enzymatic desymmetrization of <i>meso</i>-diacetate. The protocol provided convenient access to an optically active monoacetate in multi-gram scale in high enantiomeric purity. This monoacetate was converted to (-)-alloyohimbane. Reductive amination of the derived aldehyde causes the isomerization leading to the <i>tran ...[more]