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Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene Pyrazolones
Published on: February 7, 2019
Spiro-fused pyrrolidine, piperidine, and oxindole scaffolds from lactams
Christoph Hirschhäuser1, Jeremy S Parker, Matthew W D Perry
1School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Abstract:
Expedient routes to three classes of novel spiro-fused pyrrolidine, piperidine, and indoline heterocycle scaffolds are described. These three-dimensional frameworks, which conform to the "rule of three", are suitably protected to allow for site-selective manipulation and functionalization. Different modes of substrate control were explored, which allow for good to excellent levels of diastereoselectivity and dispense with the need for additional chiral reagents or catalysts. The concepts developed were applied in short, formal syntheses of (±)-coerulescine and (±)-horsfiline.
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