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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Preindl J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5637460 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20170825 10
Many abundant and highly bioactive natural alkaloids contain an indolizidine skeleton. A simple, high yielding method to synthesize this scaffold from N-heterocycles was developed. A wide range of pyridines, quinolines and isoquinolines reacted with donor-acceptor (DA)-aminocyclopropanes <i>via</i> an ytterbium(iii) catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation reaction to give tetrahydroindolizine derivatives. The products were obtained with high diastereoselectivities (dr > 20 : 1) as <i>anti</i>-isomers. Addi ...[more]