Stereodivergent synthesis of piperidine alkaloids by ring-rearrangement metathesis/reductive lactam alkylation of nitroso Diels-Alder cycloadducts.

A general methodology for the stereoselective synthesis of 2-(2-hydroxyalkyl)piperidine alkaloids by ring-rearrangement metathesis of nitroso Diels-Alder cycloadducts is reported. The approach is illustrated by the formal synthesis of porantheridine and the total synthesis of andrachcinidine through a diastereodivergent allylation of an N-alkoxy bicyclic lactam. The asymmetric synthesis of the latter alkaloid provides new insights into the configurational stability of cycloadducts between chloronitroso reagents and cyclopentadiene.

Synthesis of oxaspirannic building blocks by regioselective nitroso-Diels-Alder reactions.

Spirocyclic structures: Nitroso-Diels-Alder reactions of 1,3-disubstituted cyclohexadienes were found to be regiodivergent, depending on the nitroso derivative used. Cycloaddition with Wightman's chloronitroso derivative was totally regio- and stereoselective. This methodology was applied to the synthesis of heterospiranic frameworks after N-O bond cleavage and cyclization (see scheme; Boc=tert-butoxycarbonyl, Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl).

Synthetic approaches to racemic porantheridine and 8-epihalosaline via a nitroso Diels-Alder cycloaddition/ring-rearrangement metathesis sequence.

The application of a sequence involving a nitroso Diels-Alder cycloaddition and a ring-rearrangement metathesis to the total synthesis of (+/-)-8-epihalosaline and the formal synthesis of (+/-)-porantheridine is described. The formation of the 2,6-trans-disubstituted piperidine backbone of porantheridine has been accomplished by addition of a Grignard reagent onto an N-benzylpiperidone followed by a highly diastereoselective reduction of the imminium intermediate in one pot.