Synthesis, determination of the absolute stereochemistry, and evaluations at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of a hydroxyindolizidine alkaloid from the ant Myrmicaria melanogaster

Dejun Zhou*, Naoki Toyooka, Hideo Nemoto, Kaoru Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Tsuneki, Tsutomu Wada, Toshiyasu Sasaoka, Hideki Sakai, Yasuhiro Tezuka, Shigetoshi Kadota, Tappey H. Jones, H. Martin Garraffo, Thomas F. Spande, John W. Daly

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Abstract

The first chiral synthesis of new hydroxyindolizidine alkaloid (1) detected in the ant Myrmicaria melanogaster has been achieved, and its absolute stereochemistry was determined to be 3S, 5R, 8S, 9S by the present chiral synthesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)565-571
Number of pages7
JournalHeterocycles
Volume79
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Hydroxyindolizidine Alkaloid
  • Martin's Protocol
  • Myrmicaria melanogaster
  • Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
  • α4β2 Nicotinic Receptor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Organic Chemistry

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