HETEROCYCLES
An International Journal for Reviews and Communications in Heterocyclic ChemistryWeb Edition ISSN: 1881-0942
Published online by The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Regular Issue
Vol. 19, No. 2, 1982
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■ Aziridine in Alkaloids Synthesis: A Novel Synthesis of Sendaverine
Hirotaka Otomasu, Kimio Higashiyama, Toshio Honda, and Tetsuji Kametani
*Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
Abstract
A facile synthesis of 2-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, sendaverine, has been achieved by ring opening of aziridine derivative as a key reaction.
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■ Studies on the Syntheses of Heterocyclic and Natural Compounds. Part 969. A Facile Conversion of Dehydroepiandrosterone into 16α-Hydroxypregenolone 3-Acetate
Tetsuji Kametani, Hiroko Furuyama, and Toshio Honda
*Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
Abstract
Dehydroepiandrosterone (6) was converted into 16α-hydroxypregnenolone 3-acetate (11), employing 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxide as a key reaction to give the isoxazolines (8 and 9).
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■ Advances in the Chemistry of 1,7-Naphthyridine
Marian Wozniak and Henk C. van der Plas
*Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Agricultural University, De Dreijen 5, 6703 BC Wageningen, The Netherlands
Abstract
This review describes the physical properties of 1,7-naphthyridine and its derivatives, reports on the methods available to synthesize 1,7-naphthyridine derivatives, and discusses the reactivity of the 1,7-naphthyridine system to electrophilic and nucleophilic reagents, giving substitution and ring transformation, to N-alkylating agents, to reducing agents and to light. The review also includes a short paragraph on the pharmacogical use of 1,7-naphthyridines.