Synthetic studies on LY228729 (3) afforded two innovative approaches for the construction of this class of partial ergoline 5HT 1a receptor agonists. The first synthesis is based upon a diastereoselective epoxidation of racemic olefin 5, followed by ring opening and covalent resolution to furnish the key amino alcohol 8. Aziridination of amino alcohol 8, with subsequent tandem hydrogenolysis of the benzylic aziridine and auxiliary bonds, provided access to the optically active primary amine 13. A novel catalytic carboxamidation reaction installed the requisite side chain. Alternatively, the chiral pool was drawn upon for the single stereogenic center by virtue of L-tryptophan, albeit by a more circuitous route than expected. L-Tryptophan was differentially protected and reduced to the indoline diastereomers 26a,b which were separated by fractional crystallization. The two indoline diastereoisomers were independently cyclized by a Friedel-Crafts protocol, which under thermodynamic control afforded enantiomeric ketones 30a. The ketone was deoxygenated with a two-step reduction protocol to intersect the initial route and complete the second total synthesis. The two routes offer complementary access to this exciting class of partial ergot alkaloids.
Aldol Reaction in the Presence of Titanium Tetrabutoxide. To a solution of titanium tetrachloride (1.0 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (7 mL) at -78°C was added a mixture of 2-iododecanal (6, 282 mg, 1.0 mmol) and allyltrimethylsilane (0.24 mL, 1.5 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (2 mL), and the mixture was stirred for 10 min. Titanium tetrabutoxide (1.0 mL, 1.0 M CH2Cl2 solution, 1.0 mmol) was added, and the mixture was stirred for 10 min at -78°C. Then, 2-methylpropanal (0.18 mL, 2.0 mmol) was added, and the whole was stirred for 1 h. Extractive workup followed by silica gel column purification afforded 2-(1-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)decanal (syn/anti ) 6/4, 146 mg, 0.64 mmol) in 64% yield: IR (neat) 3400, 1721 cm -1 ; 1 H NMR (CDCl3) δ 0.85 (t, J ) 6.6 Hz, 3H), 0.89 (d, J ) 6.6 Hz, 1.8H), 0.91 (d, J ) 6.9 Hz, 1.2H), 0.94 (d, J ) 6.9 Hz, 1.2H), 0.96 (d, J ) 6.6 Hz, 1.8H), 1.14-1.46 (m, 12H), 1.49-1.86 (m, 3.6H), 1.95-2.07 (m, 0.4H), 2.38-2.48 (m, 1H), 3.54 (dd, J ) 6.0, 5.7 Hz, 0.4H), 3.65 (dd, J ) 7.1, 4.7 Hz, 0.6H), 9.72 (d, J ) 2.4 Hz, 0.6H), 9.73 (d, J ) 2.7 Hz, 0.4H); 13 C NMR (CDCl3) δ 13.
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