Modular Access to Diverse Bridged Indole Alkaloid Mimics via a Gold-Triggered Cascade Dearomative Spirocarbocyclization/[4 + 2] Cycloaddition Sequence

He, Yi;Liu, Zhen;Wu, Danjun;Li, Zhenghua;Van der Eycken, Erik V.;et.al.
(2019) Organic Letters — Vol. 21, n° 12, p. 4469-4474 (2019)

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  • He, Yi
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  • Liu, Zhen
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  • Wu, Danjun
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  • Li, Zhenghua
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  • Robeyns, KoenUCLouvain
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Abstract
A modular and streamlined synthetic strategy for the generation of bridged indole alkaloid-like heterocycles from easily available building blocks is elaborated. This approach utilizes an Ugi four-component reaction, establishing diversity, followed by an efficient cationic gold-triggered intramolecular cascade non-oxidative dearomative spirocarbocyclization/concerted [4 + 2] cyclization cascade, furnishing these architecturally complex and distinct bridged heterocyclic scaffolds with good diastereoselectivity.
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He, Y., Liu, Z., Wu, D., Li, Z., Robeyns, K., Van Meervelt, L., & Van der Eycken, E. V. (2019). Modular Access to Diverse Bridged Indole Alkaloid Mimics via a Gold-Triggered Cascade Dearomative Spirocarbocyclization/[4 + 2] Cycloaddition Sequence. Organic Letters, 21(12), 4469-4474. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01296 (Original work published 2019)