Construction of a Protoberberine Alkaloid Skeleton via the Palladium-Catalyzed α-Arylation–Amide Formation Cascade

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2021.0

Abstract

In this work, we report the strategy of one-pot synthesis of protoberberine alkaloid derivatives via palladium catalyzed cascade alpha-arylation and cyclization, which can afford the target molecules in moderate to excellent isolated yields using commercially available raw materials under solvent-free conditions. This protocol provides an efficient and convenient path to multisubstituted protoberberine derivatives. In addition, it can directly afford natural alkaloids.

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