A formal synthesis of (+/-)-quinagolide using beta-alanine as a starting material has been achieved. Late stage intramolecular classical Pummerer reaction has been used as a key synthetic tool to construct octahydrobenzo[g]quinoline skeleton of quinagolide. Conjugative reduction of olefin, regioselective C-alkylation over O-alkylation of beta-ketoester followed by retro-Dieckmann/ Dieckmann reaction sequence has been used as a key reaction sequence to achieve prerequisite sulfoxide for the Pummerer reaction. While revisiting the classical Pummerer reaction, the one-pot sequential thionium ion induced cyclocarbamation followed by N-carbamate deprotection and Friedel-Crafts type Pummerer cyclization was observed as an important finding of the present work.

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