@article { ISI:000340152000016, title = {Facile synthesis of the isoquinoline alkaloids doryanine and oxyhydrastinine}, journal = {Synthesis-Stuttgart}, volume = {46}, number = {14}, year = {2014}, month = {JUL}, pages = {1954-1956}, publisher = {GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG}, address = {RUDIGERSTR 14, D-70469 STUTTGART, GERMANY}, abstract = {

Starting from 4,5-(methylenedioxy)homophthalic acid, a concise and efficient synthesis of the isoquinoline alkaloids dory-anine and oxyhydrastinine is described via the corresponding homophthalimide utilizing a one-pot regioselective reductive dehydration and catalytic hydrogenation pathway.

}, keywords = {dehydration, homophthalic acid, homophthalimide, isoquinoline alkaloids, regioselective reduction}, issn = {0039-7881}, doi = {10.1055/s-0033-1341158}, author = {Jangir, Ravi and Gadre, Smita R. and N. P. Argade} }