New syntheses of (±)-tashiromine and (±)-epitashiromine via enaminone intermediates

• Darren L. Riley,
• Joseph P. Michael and
• Charles B. de Koning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2609–2613, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.256

• of the naturally occurring indolizidine alkaloid (±)-tashiromine and its unnatural epimer (±)-epitashiromine are demonstrated through the use of enaminone chemistry. The impact of various electron-withdrawing substituents at the C-8 position of the indolizidine core on the preparation of the bicyclic

• system is described. Keywords: alkaloid; enaminone; epitashiromine; indolizidine; tashiromine; Introduction Tashiromine (1) is a monosubstituted indolizidine alkaloid originally isolated from the Asian deciduous shrub Maackia tashiroi [1] and subsequently from the genera Poecilanthe [2] and Crotalaria

• /C-8 bond. In this article we describe further extensions to our route to substituted indolizidines, and an application to the synthesis of racemic tashiromine (1) and epitashiromine (2). Results and Discussion One of the most versatile methods for preparing the enaminones of interest is the

Novel stereocontrolled syntheses of tashiromine and epitashiromine

• Loránd Kiss,
• Enikő Forró and
• Ferenc Fülöp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 596–603, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.66

• stereocontrolled approach has been developed for the syntheses of tashiromine and epitashiromine alkaloids from cyclooctene β-amino acids. The synthetic concept is based on the azetidinone opening of a bicyclic β-lactam, followed by oxidative ring opening through ring C–C double bond and reductive ring-closure

• . Tashiromine is a natural indolizidine alkaloid isolated from Maackia tashiroi (1990). Strategies for the synthesis of indolizidine derivatives have received considerable interest from synthetic and medicinal chemists (Figure 2). A number of synthetic approaches have been described earlier for construction of

• the indolizidine framework; access to tashiromine in racemic form can be achieved through the alkylation of succinimide, followed by ring closure via acyliminium intermediates [23][24], the reduction of cyclized pyridinium salts [25], iminium cascade cyclization [26], alkyne-mediated hydroformylation

Total synthesis of the indolizidine alkaloid tashiromine

• Stephen P. Marsden and
• Alison D. McElhinney

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 8, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-4-8

• Stephen P. Marsden Alison D. McElhinney School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK 10.1186/1860-5397-4-8 Abstract Background Tashiromine (1) is a naturally occurring indolizidine alkaloid. It has been the subject of thirteen successful total syntheses to date. Our own approach

• desired bicyclic indolizidine skeleton as a 96:4 mixture of diastereomers. Simple functional group interconversions allowed the completion of the total synthesis of racemic tashiromine in six steps (19% overall yield). Three chiral α-alkoxyallylsilanes (12, 14 and 15) were prepared in enantioenriched form

• and their cross-metathesis reactions studied as part of a putative asymmetric approach to tashiromine. In the event, α-hydroxysilane 12 underwent isomerisation under the reaction conditions to acylsilane 17, while silanes 14 and 15 were unreactive towards metathesis. Conclusion A concise