Total Syntheses of Festuclavine, Pyroclavine, Costaclavine,epi-Costaclavine, Pibocin A, 9-Deacetoxyfumigaclavine C, Fumigaclavine G, and DihydrosetoclavineClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Haichao Liu†
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- Xiwu Zhang†
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- Dong Shan†
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- Mallesham Pitchakuntla†
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- Yongfan Ma†
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- Yanxing Jia*†‡
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Abstract

A new approach for the divergent total synthesis of eight ergot alkaloids is reported. The approach allows the first total syntheses of pyroclavine, pibocin A, 9-deacetoxyfumigaclavine C, and fumigaclavine G and also enables the efficient synthesis of festuclavine, costaclavine,epi-costaclavine, and dihydrosetoclavine. The main feature of the synthesis is the use of an unprecedented Pd-catalyzed intramolecular Larock indole annulation/Tsuji–Trost allylation cascade to assemble the tetracyclic core in one step.
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