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, Vol. 16, No. 12: pp. 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.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Department of Pharmacy
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
• ISSN: 1570-1786
• Language: English