Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository July 2018 Total synthesis of (±)-isodihydrokoumine, (±)- (19Z)-taberpsychine, and (±)- isodihydroukoumine N4 oxide Jeff Kerkovius The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Kerr, Michael, A. The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Chemistry A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Master of Science © Jeff Kerkovius 2018 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Organic Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Kerkovius, Jeff, "Total synthesis of (±)-isodihydrokoumine, (±)-(19Z)-taberpsychine, and (±)-isodihydroukoumine N4 oxide" (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5426. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5426 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Abstract We report the total synthesis of the natural products (±)-isodihydrokoumine, and (±)- (19Z)-taberpsychine in 11 steps each, and (±)-isodihydrokoumine N4-oxide in 12 steps from commercially available starting materials. The key reactions include an intramolecular [3+2] nitrone cycloaddition, and Lewis acid mediated cyclizations of a common intermediate to provide the core structures of either (19Z)-taberpsychine or isodihydrokoumine. Both failed and successful routes will be discussed. Keywords Geleganidine A, Geleganidine B, koumine, taberpsychine, (19Z)-taberpsychine, koumidine, isodihydrokoumine, total synthesis, natural product, nitrone cycloaddition, cyclization chemistry, convergent synthesis, divergent synthesis i Acknowledgments I would like to thank my wife most of all for putting up with all of the late nights that I spent in the lab, and her unwavering support of my success during this project.