The natural alkaloid isoanabasine: synthesis from 2, 3′-bipyridine, efficient resolution with BINOL, and assignment of absolute configuration by Mosher's method
A highly efficient and practical resolution of racemic 1-benzylisoanabasine, which was synthesized by reduction of the benzyl salt of 2, 3′-bipyridine, has been achieved through molecular complexation with (R)-BINOL or (S)-BINOL to afford pure enantiomers (100% ee). The two enantiomers of the natural alkaloid isoanabasine have been obtained by debenzylation of the corresponding enantiomeric 1-benzylisoanabasine. Using Mosher's ...