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Mitsunobu reaction: assembling C-N bonds in chiral traditional Chinese medicine.

Xue Zhou, Liang Xu, Zhanhui Ma, Jin Cui, Bin Wang

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Xue ZhouCollege of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Hefei 230038 P. R. China bw5654@ahtcm.edu.cn +86-551-65169371.
Liang XuCollege of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Hefei 230038 P. R. China bw5654@ahtcm.edu.cn +86-551-65169371.
Zhanhui MaCollege of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Hefei 230038 P. R. China bw5654@ahtcm.edu.cn +86-551-65169371.
Jin CuiCollege of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Hefei 230038 P. R. China bw5654@ahtcm.edu.cn +86-551-65169371.
Bin WangCollege of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Hefei 230038 P. R. China bw5654@ahtcm.edu.cn +86-551-65169371.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-8605

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Abstract

The synthesis of chiral molecules has long been a central focus and challenge in medicinal chemistry research. The Mitsunobu reaction, developed by Japanese chemist Mitsunobu in 1967, is a widely utilized bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction that plays a vital role in synthesizing chiral natural products. In this reaction, alcohols react with nucleophilic reagents in the presence of a phosphine ligand to form an intermediate phosphonium salt. This intermediate enables the formation of various chemical bonds. The purpose of this review is to explore the applications of the Mitsunobu chemistry in constructing pivotal carbon-nitrogen bonds in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Emphasis will be placed on the preparative synthetic applications of the Mitsunobu strategy as a key step in the total synthesis of naturally occurring biologically active products.

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