This paper summarizes the progress on the total syntheses riod from 2006 to 2010. The overview focuses on the first of natural products accomplished in rnainland China during the petotal synthesis of natural products of contemporary interest includ- ing alkaloids, cyclopeptides and cyclic depsipeptides, macrolides, terpenoids and steroids, saponins and glycosides. The development of novel synthetic strategies and methodologies, and application of new selective synthetic methods in the total syntheses of natural products are included as well.
A full account of the novel and flexible approach to hydroxylated 8-azabicyclo[3,2,1]octan-3-ones and 9-azabicyclo[3,3,1] nonan-3-ones is presented. Using keto-lactams as the starting materials, this two-step method consists of silyl enol ether for mation with TBDMSOTf, lactam activation with Tf20/DTBMP, and halide-promoted cyclization. Radical dechlorination of the resulting 1-halotropan-3-ones led to the corresponding hydroxylated tropan-3-ones, which can be hydrogenated to yield 3ct,613-dihydroxytropanes. Starting from optically active keto-lactams, the method has been applied to the enantioselective syntheses of （＋）-（1S,3S,5R,6S）-pervilleine C （6）, （＋）-（1S,3R,5S,6R）-valeroidine （3）, （＋）-（1S,3S,5R,6S）-dibenzoyloxytropane （8） and （＋）-（1S,3S,5R,6S）-merredissine （9）.
MAO ZhongYiHUANG SuYuGAO LongHuiWANG AiEHUANG PeiQiang
Some Stemona alkaloids belonging to the tuberostemospironine group possess a spirolactone moiety with anti-configuration （C-9/C-9a）. In this paper, we describe two approaches to this structural unity. By using bromine atom as a traceless directing group, the SmI2-mediated reductive coupling of ketone 6 and fl-bromomethacrylate proceeded with complete anti-diastereoselectivity. In the absence of an a-directing （chelation） group, the one-pot reaction of the ketone derived from alcohol 15 with the organozinc reagent generated from bromomethacrylate af- forded spiro-a-methylene-y-lactone derivative 16 as a single diastereomer. These two highly diastereoselective methods would find application in the synthesis of stemona alkaloids containing anti-configured spiro-lactone/pyr- rolidine moieties. In addition, on the basis of our previous work, the total synthesis of （-）-9-epi-11-demethyl- sessilifoliamide J （11）, and an improved synthesis of （-）-9,11-di-epi-sessilifoliamide J （9） were accomplished.
A short formal stereoselective synthesis of （-）-swainsonine （1） is described. Our synthesis started with the versatile building block （R）-3-benzyloxyglutarimide 5. Through controlled regioselective reduction, Ley＇s-sulfone chemistry （N-α-sulfonylation and ZnCl2-catalyzed N-α-amidovinylation）, an RCM reaction, and an amide reduction, the synthesis of unsaturated indolizidine （8R,8aS）-3 has been achieved in five steps. The indolizidine （8R,8aS）-3 is an advanced intermediate toward the synthesis of （-）-swainsonine （1）.
