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Isoquinoline synthesis by heterocyclization of tosylmethyl isocyanide derivatives: total synthesis of mansouramycin B.
Departamento de Quimica Organica y Quimica Inorganica, Universidad de Alcala , 28871 Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
A new method for the synthesis of isoquinolines through a catalytic acid-mediated cyclization of alpha-benzyl TosMIC derivatives has been developed. This methodology has been successfully applied to the total synthesis of mansouramycin B. This is the first total synthesis of this compound to be reported in the literature.
