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Hierarchical and Programmable One-Pot Oligosaccharide Synthesis
Published on: September 6, 2019
One-pot synthesis of highly functionalized morphans from C-glycosides
Wei Zou1, Kannan Vembaiyan, Milan Bhasin
1Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6. wei.zou@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Abstract:
Highly functionalized morphan derivatives were synthesized from nitroalkene 2'-(oxoalkyl)-C-glycosides by a tandem reaction that created three (two C-N and one C-C) new bonds and four stereogenic centers in a one-pot procedure under very mild conditions without the use of expensive reagents. The transformation was achieved from a beta-elimination/Michael addition cascade, followed by Michael addition of the amine and intramolecular enamination. In the presence of sodium cyanoborohydride the iminium intermediate was reduced in situ to afford the desired morphans.
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