Journal article
Autoxidation of salvinorin A under basic conditions
TA Munro, GW Goetchius, BL Roth, TA Vortherms, MA Rizzacasa
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2005
DOI: 10.1021/jo051813e
Abstract
[reaction: see text] Treatment of salvinorin A (1a) with KOH in MeOH gave the enedione 3, for which the dienone structure 7 was recently proposed. Also isolated, after methylation, were the secotriesters 4a-c. A mechanism for this unusual series of autoxidations is proposed. Surprisingly, 4a showed weak affinity at the kappa-opioid receptor. Divinatorins A-C (2a-c) showed no affinity at opioid receptors. Attempted reduction of 3 to a novel salvinorin diol (9d) was unsuccessful, but careful deacetylation of salvinorin C (9a) provided a viable route to this compound. A general method for identifying salvinorin 8-epimers by TLC is also presented.
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