First enantioselective synthesis of a hydroxyindolizidine alkaloid from the ant Myrmicaria melanogaster

Naoki Toyooka*, Dejun Zhou, Hideo Nemoto, Yasuhiro Tezuka, Shigetoshi Kadota, Tappey H. Jones, H. Martin Garraffo, Thomas F. Spande, John W. Daly

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Abstract

The first enantioselective synthesis of the recently reported ant alkaloid 1 has been achieved starting from commercially available lactam 3 in seven steps and 25% overall yield. The proposed structure of the natural product was confirmed by comparison with synthetic 1 and its absolute configuration established as 3S,5R,8S,9S.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1894-1896
Number of pages3
JournalSynlett
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008/07/16

Keywords

  • Chelation control
  • Hydroxyindolizidine
  • Myrmicaria melanogaster
  • New ant alkaloid
  • Venoms of ant

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Organic Chemistry

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