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Synthesis of bisindole alkaloids from the apocynaceae which contain a macroline or sarpagine unit
A review
Rahman, M. T., Tiruveedhula, V. V. N. P. B., & Cook, J. M. (2016). Synthesis of bisindole alkaloids from the apocynaceae which contain a macroline or sarpagine unit: A review. Molecules, 21(11), Article 1525. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21111525
Bisindole natural products consist of two monomeric indole alkaloid units as their obligate constituents. Bisindoles are more potent with respect to their biological activity than their corresponding monomeric units. In addition, the synthesis of bisindoles are far more challenging than the synthesis of monomeric indole alkaloids. Herein is reviewed the enantiospecific total and partial synthesis of bisindole alkaloids isolated primarily from the Alstonia genus of the Apocynaceae family. The monomeric units belong to the sarpagine, ajmaline, macroline, vobasine, and pleiocarpamine series. An up-to-date discussion of their isolation, characterization, biological activity as well as approaches to their partial and total synthesis by means of both synthetic and biosynthetic strategies are presented.