Issue 0, 1987

Vinyl azides in heterocyclic synthesis. Part 9. Synthesis of the isoquinolone alkaloid siamine by intramolecular aza-Wittig reaction

Abstract

The isoquinolone alkaloid siamine (1) has been synthesised from 3,5-dibenzyloxybenzoic acid (2) by a route which incorporates an intramolecular aza-Wittig reaction as the key step. The benzaldehyde (5), prepared from the benzoic acid (2) by the dihydro-oxazole method, is converted into the vinyl azides (6) and (7), which on treatment with triethyl phosphite give the isoquinolone (8) and the 1-ethoxyisoquinoline (9) respectively. The synthesis is completed by transformation of the isoquinoline 3-ester (9) into the corresponding 3-methylisoquinoline (12), complete dealkylation of which with boron tribromide gives siamine (1).

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1987, 1395-1398

Vinyl azides in heterocyclic synthesis. Part 9. Synthesis of the isoquinolone alkaloid siamine by intramolecular aza-Wittig reaction

M. Kennedy, C. J. Moody, C. W. Rees and J. J. Vaquero, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1987, 1395 DOI: 10.1039/P19870001395

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