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Gong-qing Liu
Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Piperidines: Functionalization of Preexisting Ring Systems
Abstract The present review focuses on strategies for the construction of piperidines which have appeared in the literature since 2003 through mid-2017. In a preceding chapter ( 2017AHC191 ), we summarized synthetic methods involving the construction of the piperidine ring from essentially acyclic starting materials in an intra- or intermolecular manner. The present chapter aims at giving a general overview of decoration or modification of previously generated pyridines or piperidines. The hydrogenation of preformed pyridine or pyridinium rings and introduction of substituents into fully saturated piperidines as well as ring expansion of pyrrolidines to piperidines are the most prevalent me…
Asymmetric One-Pot Synthesis of (3R,3aS,6aR)-Hexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furan-3-ol: A Key Component of Current HIV Protease Inhibitors
A concise and efficient synthesis of (3R,3aS,6aR)-hexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furan-3-ol, a key building block for several clinical and experimental HIV protease inhibitors including the highly important drug darunavir, was achieved via a one-pot procedure using furan and Cbz-protected glycol aldehyde as starting materials. A [2+2]-photocycloaddition between both reactants which can be prepared from wood-based starting materials according to the principles of xylochemistry, followed by hydrogenation and lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution afforded the target compound in high yield and up to 99% ee.
Total Synthesis of Phenanthroindolizidine Alkaloids by Combining Iodoaminocyclization with Free Radical Cyclization
A concise and modular synthesis of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids was achieved by combining iodoaminocylization with a free radical cyclization approach. The route described allowed the preparation of (±)-tylophorine, (±)-antofine, and (±)-deoxypergularinine in six steps. When commercially available l-prolinol was used as a chiral building block, (S)-(+)-tylophorine was also synthesized in 49% yield and >99% ee over five linear steps.