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Free-radical cyclization approach to polyheterocycles containing pyrrole and pyridine rings

  • Ivan P. Mosiagin,
  • Olesya A. Tomashenko,
  • Dar’ya V. Spiridonova,
  • Mikhail S. Novikov,
  • Sergey P. Tunik and
  • Alexander F. Khlebnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1490–1498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.105

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  • new pyrido[2,1-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]isoquinoline skeleton was synthesized by free-radical intramolecular cyclization of o-bromophenyl-substituted pyrrolylpyridinium salts using the (TMS)3SiH/AIBN system. The cyclization provides generally good yields of pyrido[2,1-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]isoquinoline hydrobromides
  • )-4-(ortho-iodophenyl)pyrrol-3-yl)pyridinium bromide makes it possible to obtain a monocyclization product, and the bicyclization product from the dibromo derivative. The procedure is also applicable to obtain 3-arylpyrido[2,1-a]pyrrolo[3,2-c]isoquinoline derivatives including 2-unsubstituted
  • metal-catalyzed arylation [17][18][19]. We have recently successfully applied this approach to synthesize the new luminescent heterocyclic system pyrido[2,1-a]pyrrolo[3,2-c]isoquinoline A [17], which turned out to be useful for bioimaging [13] and as a ligand for the preparation of luminescent metal
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Published 23 Jun 2021

Deoxygenative C2-heteroarylation of quinoline N-oxides: facile access to α-triazolylquinolines

  • Geetanjali S. Sontakke,
  • Rahul K. Shukla and
  • Chandra M. R. Volla

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 485–493, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.42

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  • vitamin E, respectively. To our delight, this protocol could also be extended for selective C1-functionalization of isoquinoline N-oxide (5, Scheme 5). Treating 5 with triazole 2a under standard reaction conditions, the C1-heteroarylated isoquinoline product 6a was obtained in 85% yield. Both the aromatic
  • aminating source. The reaction proceeds at room temperature in a short reaction time with excellent regioselectivity. The methodology was also found to be compatible with isoquinoline N-oxides and diversely functionalized N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles to establish a broad substrate scope for a variety of
  • isoquinoline N-oxide. Gram-scale and one-pot synthesis. Proposed mechanism. Optimization of the reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 220: Experimental details. Funding The activity was generously supported by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India: CRG/2019
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Published 17 Feb 2021

CF3-substituted carbocations: underexploited intermediates with great potential in modern synthetic chemistry

  • Anthony J. Fernandes,
  • Armen Panossian,
  • Bastien Michelet,
  • Agnès Martin-Mingot,
  • Frédéric R. Leroux and
  • Sébastien Thibaudeau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32

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  • , affording biaryl species 161. Using this strategy, several trifluoromethyl ketones 162 and alcohols 163 bearing heteroaryl substituents (i.e., benzothiazole, quinoline, isoquinoline, benzimidazole, or imidazole) prone to be protonated were elegantly converted into the corresponding alcohols 163 and biphenyl
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Published 03 Feb 2021

Decarboxylative trifluoromethylthiolation of pyridylacetates

  • Ryouta Kawanishi,
  • Kosuke Nakada and
  • Kazutaka Shibatomi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 229–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.23

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  • gave the desired products 2e–g in moderate yields. The method could also be applied to substrates with quinoline and isoquinoline backbones to afford the corresponding products 2h and 2i. In addition, the reaction of α-monosubstituted 2-pyridylacetate 8 was performed to yield the corresponding mono
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Published 25 Jan 2021

A novel and robust heterogeneous Cu catalyst using modified lignosulfonate as support for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

  • Bingbing Lai,
  • Meng Ye,
  • Ping Liu,
  • Minghao Li,
  • Rongxian Bai and
  • Yanlong Gu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2888–2902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.238

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  • catalytic system, and no desired products were determined (10p and 10q). Substituted isoquinoline derivatives are considered as an important class of N-heterocyclic compounds, showing attractive physiological, biological and pharmacological activities [41][42][43][44][45]. Therefore, the feasibility of
  • synthesizing isoquinoline derivatives using LSA-FAS-Cu as catalyst was investigated. As shown in Table 6, LS-FAS-Cu could promote 2-(phenylethynyl)benzaldehyde (11a) and urea (12a) to generate 3-phenylisoquinoline (13a) in excellent yield, while the referential catalysts showed inferior catalytic activity
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Published 26 Nov 2020

Synthesis and investigation of quadruplex-DNA-binding, 9-O-substituted berberine derivatives

  • Jonas Becher,
  • Daria V. Berdnikova,
  • Heiko Ihmels and
  • Christopher Stremmel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2795–2806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.230

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  • successfully developed as G4-DNA ligands [17], the natural product berberine (1a) has attracted special attention. Berberine (1a) is an isoquinoline alkaloid with an exceptionally wide range of biological activities [23][24]. It has been shown that berberine (1a) and its derivatives act, for example, as anti
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Published 18 Nov 2020

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

  • Callum Prentice,
  • James Morrisson,
  • Andrew D. Smith and
  • Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

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  • separately developed a Minisci-type reaction using phthalimide esters 123; however, their system did not extend past isoquinoline substrates 124 (Scheme 17b) [62]. Zheng and Studer expanded the scope of this type of reactivity to a three-component cascade reaction with alkyl bromides 125 and enamides 126
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Published 29 Sep 2020

Synthesis of new dihydroberberine and tetrahydroberberine analogues and evaluation of their antiproliferative activity on NCI-H1975 cells

  • Giacomo Mari,
  • Lucia De Crescentini,
  • Serena Benedetti,
  • Francesco Palma,
  • Stefania Santeusanio and
  • Fabio Mantellini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1606–1616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.133

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  • constitute a severe limitation in the employ of BER [2][3][4]. To minimize these drawbacks, its isoquinoline portion was derivatized in positions 9 and 13 that are critical for topoisomerase inhibition and quadruplex structure binding [5][6][7][8]. The insertion of a phenyl group or a benzhydryl group linked
  • canadine, is an isoquinoline alkaloid recurring in several plant species [55][56][57]. THBER is able to act to the central nervous system as an inhibitor [58], possesses hepatoprotective effects [59], is employed in the protection against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury [60], and shows anti-arrhythmic
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One-step route to tricyclic fused 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline systems via the Castagnoli–Cushman protocol

  • Aleksandar Pashev,
  • Nikola Burdzhiev and
  • Elena Stanoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1456–1464, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.121

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  • Abstract The Castagnoli–Cushman reaction of 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines with glutaric anhydride, its oxygen and sulfur analogues was investigated as a one-step approach to the benzo[a]quinolizidine system and its heterocyclic analogs. An extension towards the pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline system was achieved
  • techniques. The reactions between 1-methyldihydroisoquinoline and glutaric, diglycolic and succinic anhydrides yielded unexpected isoquinoline derivatives containing an exocyclic double bond. The compounds prepared bear the potential to become building blocks for future synthetic bioactive molecules
  • ]isoquinoline skeleton is incorporated in a large group of natural compounds such as crispines, trolline, and lamellarins, which are interesting due to their anticancer, antiviral, and antibacterial activities [7][8]. In the light of this broad array of biological activities, the development of novel methods
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Published 24 Jun 2020

Recent synthesis of thietanes

  • Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116

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  • tetrahydrotrimethyldithioxo and [3-oxo-1-thioxo or 1-oxo-3-thioxo]isoquinolines 306 and 307 with olefins 215a,b, and 186c or indene (198), the regioselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition occurred to give oxo- or thiooxospiro[isoquinoline-1,2'(or 3,2')-thietane] derivatives 208–310. In some cases, the products were accompanied with
  • the related alkylidenetetrahydrotrimethylthioxoisoquinolines as the byproducts [85] (Scheme 56). Similar intramolecular photoreactions of N-alkenylthiohomophthalimides were attempted as well, affording the tetracyclic thietane-fused isoquinoline derivatives regioselectively [86]. The reactions of
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Published 22 Jun 2020

Highly selective Diels–Alder and Heck arylation reactions in a divergent synthesis of isoindolo- and pyrrolo-fused polycyclic indoles from 2-formylpyrrole

  • Carlos H. Escalante,
  • Eder I. Martínez-Mora,
  • Carlos Espinoza-Hicks,
  • Alejandro A. Camacho-Dávila,
  • Fernando R. Ramos-Morales,
  • Francisco Delgado and
  • Joaquín Tamariz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1320–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.113

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  • the solvent at 100 °C afforded pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoindoles 18a–c in good yields. This annulation process was regioselective, showing a preference of the cross-coupling reaction with the C-5 pyrrolic position and not with the vinyl moiety, which would give the dihydropyrrolo[1,2-b]isoquinoline 19. A
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Synthesis of pyrrolidinedione-fused hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines via three-component [3 + 2] cycloaddition followed by one-pot N-allylation and intramolecular Heck reactions

  • Xiaoming Ma,
  • Suzhi Meng,
  • Xiaofeng Zhang,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Shenghu Yan,
  • Yue Zhang and
  • Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1225–1233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.106

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  • ]isoquinolines. The multicomponent reaction was combined with one-pot reactions to make a synthetic method with good pot, atom and step economy. MeCN was used as a preferable green solvent for the reactions. Keywords: [3 + 2] cycloaddition; Heck reaction; hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline; one-pot reactions
  • ; Introduction Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline and hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline are privileged heterocyclic rings existing in many natural products and synthetic compounds possessing antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidizing, and other biological activities (Figure 1) [1][2]. For example, the alkaloid
  • hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline compounds 9a–o in moderate to good yields as a single isomers which were confirmed by 1H NMR analysis of the crude reaction mixtures. The substitution groups R3 (Me, Et, Ph, Bn, c-C6H11) on maleimide have no significant influence on the product yields to afford 9a–f in 73–80
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Arylisoquinoline-derived organoboron dyes with a triaryl skeleton show dual fluorescence

  • Vânia F. Pais,
  • Tristan Neumann,
  • Ignacio Vayá,
  • M. Consuelo Jiménez,
  • Abel Ros and
  • Uwe Pischel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2612–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.254

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  • separation times higher than 2 minutes are in accordance with a high rotation barrier. All compounds were identified by their 1H and 13C NMR spectra. The sp2 character of the boron was confirmed by 11B NMR spectroscopy, revealing a typical resonance signal at 31–32 ppm [43]. Hence, the isoquinoline nitrogen
  • * transition bands in the wavelength range of 330–400 nm with characteristic vibronic fine structure were observed. Further, the dyes have a sharp peak at 322 nm that is assigned to the isoquinoline chromophore. The only exception is dye 18 where this peak is hidden under a strong absorption band corresponding
  • -brown solution was kept under argon. 1-(4'-Methoxy-3-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-[1,1'-binaphthalen]-4-yl)isoquinoline (16) Following the above described general procedure for the Ir-catalyzed borylation starting from 12 (85 mg, 0.21 mmol) and after flash chromatography on silica gel
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Published 04 Nov 2019

Combining the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction and rhodium(III)-catalyzed annulation for the synthesis of tetrazole-isoquinolone/pyridone hybrids

  • Gerardo M. Ojeda,
  • Prabhat Ranjan,
  • Pavel Fedoseev,
  • Lisandra Amable,
  • Upendra K. Sharma,
  • Daniel G. Rivera and
  • Erik V. Van der Eycken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2447–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.237

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  • in the Ugi-azide-4CR, see Scheme 1), with tetrazole/isoquinoline hybrids bearing a benzyl (4p), a p-methoxyphenyl (4q) or a tert-butyl (4r) group, respectively, being obtained in good yields. However, the presence of an ester functionality at the tetrazole ring (R1 = CH2CO2Me) led to a significant
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Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

  • Gagandeep Kour Reen,
  • Ashok Kumar and
  • Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

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  • carbonate as a base under aerobic conditions. Along with the synthesis of pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles 78, they have reported the synthesis of benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinoline 79 and benzimidazo[1,2-a]isoquinoline 80 in good to excellent yields. They have used differently substituted arylboronic acids 77 as one
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Published 19 Jul 2019

Synthesis of 9-O-arylated berberines via copper-catalyzed CAr–O coupling reactions

  • Qiaoqiao Teng,
  • Xinhui Zhu,
  • Qianqian Guo,
  • Weihua Jiang,
  • Jiang Liu and
  • Qi Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1575–1580, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.161

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  • natural alkaloid extracted from ranunculaceae, rutaceae and berberidaceae, which features a tetracyclic isoquinoline core unit. It was widely used as antibacterial agent [1] and has shown myriad therapeutic potencies in tumor cell suppression [2][3] and various chronic disease management [4]. In most
  • the ketone structure is the predominant one [20]. To destroy such resonance, the isoquinoline core was thus reduced to tetrahydroisoqinoline 1 by NaBH4 [21]. To our delight, this reduced form of berberrubine smoothly underwent Ullmann-type cross coupling with iodobenzene, leading to the 9-O-Ph product
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Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines by formal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of quinolinium salts

  • Anthony Choi,
  • Rebecca M. Morley and
  • Iain Coldham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1480–1484, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.149

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  • N-alkylation of a pyridine [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27], isoquinoline [26][27][28][29][30][31][32], or related structures [33][34][35], followed by deprotonation. Such ylides are formally azomethine structures assuming reactivity of the aromatic ring as an iminium ion, although the reaction
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Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts with an N→Ru coordinate bond in a six-membered ring. Synthesis of stable, industrially scalable, highly efficient ruthenium metathesis catalysts and 2-vinylbenzylamine ligands as their precursors

  • Kirill B. Polyanskii,
  • Kseniia A. Alekseeva,
  • Pavel V. Raspertov,
  • Pavel A. Kumandin,
  • Eugeniya V. Nikitina,
  • Atash V. Gurbanov and
  • Fedor I. Zubkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 769–779, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.73

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  • styrenes 5 with a cyclic tertiary amino group from 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (Scheme 2). In this case, the initial isoquinoline was reduced in the presence of formic acid and then converted into the desired products 5 by a one-pot solvent-free reaction under the action of the corresponding dihalide in
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Synergistic approach to polycycles through Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling and metathesis as key steps

  • Sambasivarao Kotha,
  • Milind Meshram and
  • Chandravathi Chakkapalli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2468–2481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.223

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  • substituted spirocycles via RCM and SM sequence. Synthesis of highly functionalized bis-spirocyclic derivative 37. Synthesis of spirofluorene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling sequence. Synthesis of truxene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling. Synthesis of substituted isoquinoline derivative via SM and RCM
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Published 21 Sep 2018

Synthesis of a water-soluble 2,2′-biphen[4]arene and its efficient complexation and sensitive fluorescence enhancement towards palmatine and berberine

  • Xiayang Huang,
  • Xinghua Zhang,
  • Tianxin Qian,
  • Junwei Ma,
  • Lei Cui and
  • Chunju Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2236–2241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.198

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  • of isoquinoline alkaloids‘ family, P and B can produce singlet oxygen (1O2) and oxide biological substrates under light, and thereby have applications in photodynamic therapy (PDT) [48][49][50]. However, their low quantum yields limit such applications, which could be potentially improved or restored
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Synthesis of spirocyclic scaffolds using hypervalent iodine reagents

  • Fateh V. Singh,
  • Priyanka B. Kole,
  • Saeesh R. Mangaonkar and
  • Samata E. Shetgaonkar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1778–1805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.152

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  • drugs for the treatment of several health problems [9][10]. Annosqualine (1) is an isoquinoline-cored alkaloid and it was isolated in 2004 from the stem of Annona squamosa [11] (Figure 1). Griseofulvin (2) is a spirobenzofuranone-based naturally occurring compound which was isolated from Penicillium
  • compounds have been employed as important synthetic intermediates for the construction of biologically active molecules such as histrionicotoxins and the cytotoxic marine alkaloid fasicularin [84]. In 2010, Honda [85] reported the synthesis of isoquinoline alkaloids possessing spirocyclic framework using
  • discorhabdin A (112). In 2006, Honda and co-workers [115] reported the total synthesis of spiro-isoquinoline alkaloid (±)-annosqualine (1). In this report, the substrate 113 was cyclized to form spirocyclic compound 114 via desilylation with TBAF in THF followed by reaction with n-BuLi in hexafluoroisopropanol
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Published 17 Jul 2018

Recent advances in phosphorescent platinum complexes for organic light-emitting diodes

  • Cristina Cebrián and
  • Matteo Mauro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1459–1481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.124

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Published 18 Jun 2018

An overview of recent advances in duplex DNA recognition by small molecules

  • Sayantan Bhaduri,
  • Nihar Ranjan and
  • Dev P. Arya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1051–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.93

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Published 16 May 2018

Mannich base-connected syntheses mediated by ortho-quinone methides

  • Petra Barta,
  • Ferenc Fülöp and
  • István Szatmári

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 560–575, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.43

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  • naphthoxazino-isoquinoline derivatives 43 under neat conditions staring from 1-aminoalkyl-2-naphthols and 6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline was observed [79]. At the same time, Osyanin et al. reported the same reaction extended by various substituted aminonaphthols [80]. Achieving the syntheses in ethanol
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  • , after quaternization with iodomethane, is easily converted into the desired 1-methylisoquinoline by hydrogenolysis of both the benzylamine and benzyl ether groups. Keywords: alkaloid; aminomethylation; hydrogenolysis; isoquinoline; metalation; methylation; Introduction The isoquinoline ring system has
  • considerable relevance in drug development, since it is found in both complex [1] and “simple” alkaloids (variously substituted derivatives of the native isoquinoline) isolated from different plants [2], and antiviral and antimicrobial activities have been found for numerous isoquinoline alkaloids [3]. Further
  • , isoquinoline is regarded as a “privileged scaffold” in drug design, and a large number of drug candidates containing this partial structure are in clinical development [4]. Consequently, synthetic approaches enabling a free variation of substituents on this heteroaromatic ring system are required. Numerous
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