A new route to optically pure highly functionalized tetrahydro-isoquinolines with a quaternary carbon stereocenter
2008
Abstract A facile synthesis of highly substituted, optically pure tetrahydro-isoquinolines with a quaternary carbon stereocenter is described. Glycolic cleavage of 1,2-dihydroxy-hexahydro-pyrrolo-isoquinolines 1 affords a mixture of cyclic hemiacetals, which can be converted via intramolecular chemoselective Cannizzaro reaction into respective β-amino alcohols, whereas the IBX oxidation gives N -formyl aldehydes. We have demonstrated the utility of such synthons by the synthesis of (+)-6,7-dimethoxy-salsoline-1-carboxylic acid and its new 1-phenyl analogue.
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