Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (12): 4101-4121.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202004049 Previous Articles     Next Articles

马钱子碱的结构修饰和手性应用

董子阳, 杨占会, 许家喜   

  1. 北京化工大学化学学院有机化学系 北京 100029
  • 收稿日期:2020-04-29 修回日期:2020-06-17 发布日期:2020-07-09
  • 通讯作者: 杨占会 E-mail:zhyang@mail.buct.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    北京市自然科学基金(No.2202041)和国家自然科学基金(No.21602010)资助项目.

Structural Modifications and Chiral Applications of Brucine

Dong Ziyang, Yang Zhanhui, Xu Jiaxi   

  1. Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029
  • Received:2020-04-29 Revised:2020-06-17 Published:2020-07-09
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2202041) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21602010).

The recent advances on the structural modifications and chiral applications of Brucine are reviewed. Brucine is a naturally occuring molecule with multiple functional groups and a complex stereochemical structure. Selective structural modification of brucine is challenging, and a variety of methods to achieve selective modifications at its specific site are available. The aryl moiety undergoes demethoxypentafluorophenylation, and the amide moiety undergoes the condensation with primary amine, deoxycyanation, deoxygenative reduction, and α-oximation. The tertiary amine moiety undergoes N-oxidation, formal carbene insertions of C-N or α-C-H bonds, three-component reactions with benzynes and phenols, N-amidation with nitrene, and N-alkylation with halogenated hydrocarbons. The C=C subunit undergoes dihydroxylation and hydrogenation, while the ether subunit undergoes hydrogenative cleavage. The modified structures have high potential medicinal values. As a chiral resolution reagent, brucine has been widely used in the resolution of racemic carboxylic acids, phosphoric or phosphonic acids, phenols, alcohols and some drugs. Additionally, brucine and its modified structures also find applications as chiral auxiliaries, chiral catalysts or chiral ligands in asymmetric synthesis and catalysis.

Key words: brucine, structural modification, chiral resolution, asymmetric synthesis