A SYNTHESIS OF PILOCARPINE

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作者
HORNE, DA [1 ]
FUGMANN, B [1 ]
YAKUSHIJIN, K [1 ]
BUCHI, G [1 ]
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[1] MIT,DEPT CHEM,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1021/jo00053a016
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Pilocarpine (1) was synthesized in seven steps starting from 2-acetylbutyrolactone. Chirality was introduced by asymmetric reduction of enone 4 and transferred via a Claisen rearrangement. A mild procedure for the preparation of 1,5-disubstituted imidazoles in the last synthetic operation led to pilocarpine unaccompanied by isopilocarpine.
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