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Improved Methodology for the Preparation of Chiral Amines

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Studies showed that <strong>the</strong> active isomer is <strong>the</strong> syn diastereomer. Reductive amination <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

ketone in <strong>the</strong> final step could be controlled to give 70% syn diastereomer.<br />

4.1.5. Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> Emitine:<br />

Emitine is a natural compound which is extracted from ipecacuanha plant (Brazilian root)<br />

and used as <strong>the</strong> primary drug <strong>for</strong> treating amebiasis, leishaniasis, and dysentery. [5,6] It has a<br />

direct amebicidal effect against trophozoites E. histolytica in tissues, and it is not active<br />

against cysts in ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> lumen or intestinal walls, or in o<strong>the</strong>r organs. It blocks protein<br />

syn<strong>the</strong>sis in eukaryotic (but not in prokaryotic) cells. Protein syn<strong>the</strong>sis is inhibited in parasite<br />

and mammalian cells, but not in bacteria. Several syn<strong>the</strong>tic routes have been developed <strong>for</strong> its<br />

syn<strong>the</strong>sis.<br />

Syn<strong>the</strong>sis starts with reductive amination <strong>of</strong> 2-(3,4- imethoxyphenyl)ethylamine and ethyl<br />

ester <strong>of</strong> β–(α-cyano)propylglutaric acid, followed with intramolecular cyclization. The lactam<br />

produced is reacted with phosphorus oxychloride leading to heterocyclization into <strong>the</strong><br />

derivative <strong>of</strong> benzoquinolizine. Subsequent reaction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> product with homoveratrylamine<br />

produces <strong>the</strong> corresponding amide. Upon reaction with phosphorus oxychloride, this<br />

compound cyclizes to an isoquinoline derivative and <strong>the</strong> pyridine ring is <strong>the</strong>n hydrogenated to<br />

a racemic mixture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> products, from which <strong>the</strong> desired emetine is isolated.<br />

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