G. Bringmann et al., ACETOGENIC ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOIDS .66. FIRST TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF KORUPENSAMINE-A AND KORUPENSAMINE-B, Heterocycles, 39(2), 1994, pp. 503-508
The first total synthesis of korupensamines A (1a) and B (1b), highly
polar naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids and, simultaneously, 'monomeric b
uilding blocks' of the michellamines, is described. Key step is the Pd
-II catalyzed intermolecular biaryl coupling of the two appropriately
protected naphthalene and isoquinoline moieties (10) and (11), with th
e coupling positions activated by bromine and trialkylstannane substit
uents respectively.