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Chemical Transformation of Protoberberines. I. Conversion of Tetrahydroberberine and Dihydroberberine into Noroxyhydrastinine by Photooxygenation
Hanaoka, Miyoji,Mukai, Chisato,Hamanaka, Itsuko,Seki, Kazue,Arata, Yoshio
, p. 2793 - 2796 (2007/10/02)
Simple and biomimetic conversions of tetrahydroberberine (1) and dihydroberberine (6) into noroxyhydrastinine (3), an isoquinolone alkaloid, are described.Photooxygenation of 1 afforded berberal (2), 3, and O-methylpseudopianic acid (4).The same products were obtained more efficiently by photooxygenation of 6.Keywords-photooxygenation; singlet oxygen; biomimetic conversion; protoberberine alkaloid; tetrahydroberberine; dihydroberberine; isoquinolone alkaloid; noroxyhydrastinine