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SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016446 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20160412 7
A divergent enantioselective approach to hapalindole-type alkaloids is described. The route features a ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of a ketone <i>via</i> DKR to construct the chiral <i>trans</i>-1-indolyl-2-isopropenylcyclohexane skeleton and a switchable sequence of methylation and acetylation/aldol reaction to access a chiral quaternary stereocenter. (+)-Hapalindole Q (<b>1</b>, 13 steps, 5.9% overall yield), (-)-<b>12</b>-<i>epi</i>-hapalindole Q isonitrile (<b>2</b>, 15 step ...[more]