A Short Synthesis of the Plant Alkaloid 4-Methyl-2,6-naphthyridine

Kamlah, Alexandra und Bracher, Franz (2019): A Short Synthesis of the Plant Alkaloid 4-Methyl-2,6-naphthyridine. In: Letters in Organic Chemistry, Bd. 16, Nr. 12: S. 931-934

Abstract

A new synthesis of the 2,6-naphthyridine alkaloid 4-methyl-2,6-naphthyridine from Antirrhinum majus has been developed. Key steps are a regioselective oxidation of 3-bromo-4,5-dimethylpyridine to the corresponding 4-formyl derivative, and the annulation of the second pyridine ring by Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling using (E)-2-ethoxyvinylboronic acid pinacol ester as a masked acetaldehyde equivalent. This protocol gives the alkaloid in four steps starting from commercially available 3,4-dimethylpyridine in 15% overall yield. This annulation protocol should be useful for the synthesis of other condensed pyridines as well.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Chemie und Pharmazie > Department für Pharmazie - Zentrum für Pharmaforschung
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie
• ISSN: 1570-1786
• Sprache: Englisch