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Natural product (-) reserpine from Indian snake root Indole alkaloid antipsychotic and antihypertension drug – rarely used today Original synthesis Woodward et al. 1958 Pentacyclic nucleus – stereoselective and regiospecific D/E ring system ( cis -hydroisoquinoline)
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Natural product (-) reserpine from Indian snake root Indole alkaloid antipsychotic and antihypertension drug – rarely used today Original synthesis Woodward et al. 1958 Pentacyclic nucleus – stereoselective and regiospecific D/E ring system (cis-hydroisoquinoline) Alternative epimer at stereogenic centre C-3 is undesired product isoreserpine Reserpine
Syntheses reviewed: Total Synthesis of (±)-Reserpine Martin et al. (1985) Regiospecific and Stereoselective Syntheses of (±)-Reserpine and (-)-Reserpine Stork et al. (2005)
Martin (1985) STRATEGY:
Martin (1985) Diels-Alder intramolecular cycloelimination
Stork (2005) STRATEGY: Multiple strategies to subgoal Subgoal in 1st strategy:
Stork (2005) Double Michael reaction