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Panduka B Koswatta1, Jayanta Das1, Muhammed Yousufuddin2, Carl J Lovely1.
Abstract
An exploration of an abiotic approach to spirocalcaridines A and B is described centered on electrophile-induced dearomatizing spirocyclization of aryl enyne derivatives. Elaboration of the α-iodoenone via an Ullmann-like, copper-catalyzed amidation provided a formamide which upon treatment with methylamine undergoes a dienol-arene rearrangement, providing the corresponding kealiinine-like framework. This observation suggests a possible biosynthetic links between the spirocalcaridines and the naphthimidazole group of Leucetta alkaloids.Entities:
Keywords: 2-Aminoimidazole; Dearomatization; Rearrangement; Spirocyclization; Ullman reaction
Year: 2015 PMID: 26257576 PMCID: PMC4524666 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403650
Source DB: PubMed Journal: European J Org Chem ISSN: 1099-0690