C. Simon et al., APPLICATION OF THE MITSUNOBU REACTION IN THE MORPHINE SERIES - PREPARATION OF 6-BETA-AMINO-14-BETA-HYDROXYMORPHINE AND 14-HYDROXYCODEINE DERIVATIVES, Heterocycles, 38(6), 1994, pp. 1347-1354
By the application of the Mitsunobu reaction several 6beta-phthalimido
-14beta-hydroxymorphine and 14beta-hydroxycodeine derivatives have bee
n synthesized. Cleavage of the phthalimido derivatives with hydrazine
hydrate afforded 6beta-amino-14beta-hydroxymorphine and 14beta-hydroxy
codeine derivatives. Catalytic hydrogenation of the DELTA7,8 double bo
nd offered a stereoselective way for the synthesis of the correspondin
g 6beta-amino-14beta-hydroxydihydrocodeine and 14beta-hydroxydihydromo
rphine derivatives.