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Rapid One-step Enzymatic Synthesis and All-aqueous Purification of Trehalose Analogues
Published on: February 17, 2017
First total synthesis of Ternatusine A from D-allal
V Veerabhadra Reddy1, Allam Vinaykumar1, B V Subba Reddy1,2
1Fluoro-Agrochemicals, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
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Ternatusine A has been synthesised in a highly diastereoselective manner starting from a readily available D-allal. It is a novel approach for the Ternatusine A, which is a natural product isolated from the rοοts οf Ranunculus ternatus. An intramolecular 1,3-dipoar cycloaddition of azomethine ylide generated in situ from C2-formyl-D-allal and ethyl N-benzyl glycinate, is a key step to construct the pyrrole core structure of the Ternatusine A. The carboxylic acid directed transition metal-catalysed C-H functionalization of pyrrole at C3 position is another notable feature of this process.
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