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Preliminary Studies on the Stereochemistry of Emetine. I. Mercuric Acetate Dehydrogenation of (-)-2'-Acylemetines

Yoshio Ban, +2 more
- 25 Mar 1960 - 
- Vol. 8, Iss: 3, pp 183-193
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In this paper, it was shown that 1-alkyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives are dehydrogenated with the same reagent to afford 3-4-dihydro compounds, but the corresponding 2-acyl compounds resisted similar dehydrogenation.
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Mercuric acetate dehydrogenation of (-)-2'-acylemetines, which have the same configuration as (-)-emetine, was found to afford 5, 11b-dehydro-2'-acylemetines. In preliminary experiments, it was shown that 1-alkyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives are dehydrogenated with the same reagent to afford 3, 4-dihydro compounds, but the corresponding 2-acyl compounds resisted similar dehydrogenation. These results seem to strongly support Openshaw's view about the structure of tetradehydroemetine.

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