摘要
Facile synthesis of natural 伪-noscapine analogue, 9-amino-伪-noscapine, a potent inhibitor of tubulin polymerization for cancer therapy, is achieved via copper(I) iodide mediated in situ aromatic azidation and reduction of 9-bromo-伪-noscapine (obtained by bromination of natural 伪-noscapine) with NaN3 in DMSO at 130 掳C in the presence of l-proline as an amino acid promoter. The protocol developed here avoided isolation of 9-azido-伪-noscapine and did not cleave the sensitive C-C bond between two heterocyclic phthalide and isoquinoline units.