Abstract:The first asymmetric synthesis of (S)-Phaitanthrin A and its derivatives via a catalytic aldol reaction of Tryptanthrin and ketones is described, in
which the cheap, easily prepared natural amino acid salts exhibited unique catalytic ability; importantly, this methodology tolerates a range of
substrates with different substitution patterns. Moreover, the synthetic utility of this strategy was further illustrated by a gram-scale synthesis of
Phaitanthrin A.
原文: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/ol402104p