ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (-)-PHYSOSTIGMINE

The first enantioselective synthesis of (-)-physostigmine (1), a potent cholinesterase-inhibiting alkaloid from Physostigma venenosum Balf., has been accomplished using (S)-(-)-benzyl 2, 3-epoxypropyl ether (5) as a chiral synthon.

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Published inChemical & pharmaceutical bulletin Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 2641 - 2643
Main Authors Takano, Seiichi, Ogasawara, Kunio, Goto, Emiko, Hirama, Michiyasu
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Published The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 01.01.1982
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1347-5223
DOI10.1248/cpb.30.2641

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Abstract The first enantioselective synthesis of (-)-physostigmine (1), a potent cholinesterase-inhibiting alkaloid from Physostigma venenosum Balf., has been accomplished using (S)-(-)-benzyl 2, 3-epoxypropyl ether (5) as a chiral synthon.
AbstractList The first enantioselective synthesis of (-)-physostigmine (1), a potent cholinesterase-inhibiting alkaloid from Physostigma venenosum Balf., has been accomplished using (S)-(-)-benzyl 2, 3-epoxypropyl ether (5) as a chiral synthon.
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References 10) Natural physostigmine (1) was hydrolyzed with ethanolic potassium hydroxide to give (-)-eseroline (2) which gave (-)-esermethole (3) on treatment with diazomethane.
1) Pertinent reviews: (a) E. Coxworth, "The Alkaloids," R.H.F. Manske, Edn., Vol. VIII, Academic Press, New York, 1965, p. 1.
(b) B. Robinson, "The Alkaloids," R.H.F. Manske, Edn., Vol. X, Academic Press, New York, 1968, p. 383.
5) S. Takano, E. Goto, M. Hirama, and K. Ogasawara, Heterocycles, 16, 381(1981).
6) The ether (5) was used as a chiral synthon for the first enantioselective synthesis of (-)-mesembrine: see, S. Takano, Y. Imamura, and K. Ogasawara, Tetrahedron Lett., 22, 4479(1981).
4) A.K.M. Anisuzzaman and L.N. Owen, J. Chem. Soc. (C), 1967, 1021.
7) Satisfactory spectral (IR, 1H-NMR, MS) and analytical (combustion and high resolution MS) data were obtained for all new compounds.
8) Cf. F.A. Carey and R.M. Giuliano, J. Org. Chem., 46, 1366(1981).
9) Recent synthesis of racemic esermethole (3): M. Ikeda, S. Matsugashita, and Y. Tamura, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1977, 1166.
2) Recent racemic synthesis: J.B.P.A. Wijnberg and W.N. Speckamp, Tetrahedron, 34, 2399(1978).
3) P.L. Julian and J. Pikl, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 57, 755(1935).
11) M. Polonovski and C. Nitzberg, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., [iv], 19, 33(1916).
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– reference: 8) Cf. F.A. Carey and R.M. Giuliano, J. Org. Chem., 46, 1366(1981).
– reference: 5) S. Takano, E. Goto, M. Hirama, and K. Ogasawara, Heterocycles, 16, 381(1981).
– reference: 11) M. Polonovski and C. Nitzberg, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., [iv], 19, 33(1916).
– reference: 2) Recent racemic synthesis: J.B.P.A. Wijnberg and W.N. Speckamp, Tetrahedron, 34, 2399(1978).
– reference: 1) Pertinent reviews: (a) E. Coxworth, "The Alkaloids," R.H.F. Manske, Edn., Vol. VIII, Academic Press, New York, 1965, p. 1.
– reference: 9) Recent synthesis of racemic esermethole (3): M. Ikeda, S. Matsugashita, and Y. Tamura, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1977, 1166.
– reference: 6) The ether (5) was used as a chiral synthon for the first enantioselective synthesis of (-)-mesembrine: see, S. Takano, Y. Imamura, and K. Ogasawara, Tetrahedron Lett., 22, 4479(1981).
– reference: 7) Satisfactory spectral (IR, 1H-NMR, MS) and analytical (combustion and high resolution MS) data were obtained for all new compounds.
– reference: 4) A.K.M. Anisuzzaman and L.N. Owen, J. Chem. Soc. (C), 1967, 1021.
– reference: 3) P.L. Julian and J. Pikl, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 57, 755(1935).
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