| Literature DB >> 17330147 |
Xuechuan Hong1, José M Mejía-Oneto, Albert Padwa.
Abstract
The decarbomethoxylation reaction of a substituted alpha-hydroxy-alpha-carbomethoxy pentacyclic substituted ketone, used as an advanced intermediate in the synthesis of the alkaloid aspidophytine, can be elected by heating with MgI(2) in CH(3)CN. The reaction was shown to proceed by a novel alpha-hydroxy beta-dicarbonyl to alpha-ketol ester rearrangement. It was possible to isolate a carbonate intermediate in 75% yield, thereby providing support for the proposed pathway.Entities:
Year: 2006 PMID: 17330147 PMCID: PMC1805679 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.09.071
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tetrahedron Lett ISSN: 0040-4039 Impact factor: 2.415