Total solid phase syntheses of the quinazoline alkaloids: verrucines A and B and anacine.

The first total syntheses of verrucines A and B and anacine (revised structure) were accomplished on Sasrin resin. This work confirmed the structure of verrucine A and unambiguously showed verrucine B to be a derivative of D-phenylalanine and L-glutamine. The study also proved that anacine and its epimer are quinazoline alkaloids, not benzodiazepines as originally proposed. 1-Hydroxyverrucine B, derived from air oxidization of verrucine B, was also isolated and characterized.