Protecting-Group-Directed Regio- and Stereoselective Oxymercuration–Demercuration: Synthesis of Piperidine Alkaloids Containing 1,2- and 1,3-Amino Alcohol Units

Abstract

An efficient synthesis of naturally occurring 1,2- and 1,3-amino alcohol unit containing 2-substituted piperidine alkaloids and their analogues has been developed from l-pipecolinic acid. The protocol describes the regio- and stereoselective oxymercuration–demercuration of 2-alkenyl piperidines based on protecting groups to give piperidine alkaloids as a key step.