SYNTHESIS OF 10,11-DIDEHYDRO-QUINCORINE AND 10,11-DIHYDRO-QUINCORINE AND OF THE QUINCORIDINE ANALOGS - FUNCTIONALIZED AND ENANTIOPURE 1-AZABICYCLO[2.2.2]-OCTANES WITH 4 STEREOGENIC CENTERS
O. Schrake et al., SYNTHESIS OF 10,11-DIDEHYDRO-QUINCORINE AND 10,11-DIHYDRO-QUINCORINE AND OF THE QUINCORIDINE ANALOGS - FUNCTIONALIZED AND ENANTIOPURE 1-AZABICYCLO[2.2.2]-OCTANES WITH 4 STEREOGENIC CENTERS, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 9(20), 1998, pp. 3717-3722
The convenient synthesis of 10,11-didehydro-QCI (2) and of 10,11-dideh
ydro-QCD (4) as well as 10,11-dihydro-QCI (5) and 10,11-dihydro-QCD (6
) is described. Conversion of the olefinic double bond of Quincorine(R
) 1 and Quincoridine(R) 3 into the corresponding alkynes 2 and 4 invol
ves twofold dehydrobromination, and an important application of the so
lid KOH/aliquat 336 system in the key step. The structure of didehydro
-QCI (2) has been elucidated by X-ray crystal diffraction. The new alk
ynes 2 and 4 are more polar and more basic than QCI and QCD, respectiv
ely. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.