The nicholas approach to natural product hybrids

Chemistry. 2006 Aug 16;12(24):6403-11. doi: 10.1002/chem.200600136.

Abstract

The intermolecular Nicholas reaction of terpene-based scaffolds is an excellent access to natural product hybrid compounds. These intermolecular reactions have a low selectivity and are scarcely efficient for non-conjugated cations, but they are highly efficient to produce new terpene structures through an intramolecular reaction pathway. The use of cations derived from natural product derived [Co(2)(CO)(6)]-enyne complexes is, in contrast, a highly efficient regio- and stereoselective procedure to prepare very complex structures, incorporating diverse densely functionalized or labile moieties. Thus, beta-pinene-diterpene-alkaloid or homohybrids can be accessed in totally stereo-, regio- and siteselective fashion. This approach efficiently discriminates between different propargylic positions by selecting the nature of the alcohol, being the enyne-derived cations the most reactive. The chimera 38 with a steroid-terpene-indole skeleton was prepared in this way.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemical synthesis*
  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Bicyclic Monoterpenes
  • Biological Products / chemical synthesis
  • Biological Products / chemistry*
  • Cobalt / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Propanols / chemistry
  • Terpenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Bicyclic Monoterpenes
  • Biological Products
  • Diterpenes
  • Propanols
  • Terpenes
  • sclareolide
  • Cobalt
  • myrtenal
  • propargyl alcohol