State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
The Journal of organic chemistry 2009 Dec 4Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-(S)-stepholidine, a drug candidate for the treatment of schizophrenia and/or drug abuse, is described. Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of imines with use of Noyori's catalyst was used as the key step and (-)-(S)-stepholidine was synthesized in 6 steps, with 42% overall yield and >99% ee.
Jian-Jun Cheng, Yu-She Yang. Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-(S)-stepholidine. The Journal of organic chemistry. 2009 Dec 4;74(23):9225-8
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