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The enantioselective synthesis of the lupinine alkaloid (+)-aloperine is described. The synthetic scheme presents three steps that are mediated by enzymes: kinetic resolution, oxidation of a primary alcohol to an aldehyde and oxidation of a secondary alcohol to a ketone.

Synthesis of 10 pyrroloiminoquinone derivatives is presented. The strategy is based around the elaboration of a common intermediate by reaction with primary amines. All the compounds obtained have been subjected to antiproliferative activity with three different cell lines (NCI-H460, HeLa, and HL-60). The capacity of 4 selected compounds to affect the enzymatic activity of the nuclear enzyme DNA topoisomerase II and to form the typical DNA fragmentation which occurs in the apoptotic process is discussed here.

The preparation of collections of structurally diverse small molecules is a useful tool for studying biology and medicine with chemistry. Herein, we demonstrate the versatility of the pure enantiomers of 2-(2-oxo-ethyl)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester to prepare the biological active alkaloids sedridine, allosedridine, methylsedridine, methylallosedridine, ethylnorlobelol, and coniine in two steps and in a stereoselective way via a reagent-based differentiation. The described syntheses are a demonstration of the versatility of 2-(2-oxo-ethyl)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl esters as chiral building blocks.