Sustainable Process for Sparteine Sulfate Preparation

Ignacio Regla, Manuel López-Ortiz, Otoniel Jiménez, Simón Hernández-Ortega, Astrid Ramírez-Betancourt, Kalina Bermúdez-Torres

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Abstract

(-)-Sparteine sulfate is a stable salt of the quinolizidine chiral diamine alkaloid (-)-sparteine. This compound, in addition to presenting various biological activities, has successfully been used as a ligand and organocatalyst in enantioselective lithiation reactions in asymmetric synthesis. (-)-Sparteine free base deteriorates gradually, even in refrigeration, but its stable salt, (-)-sparteine sulfate, offers advantages in handling and storage. To the best of our knowledge, no process exists in the literature for obtaining (-)-sparteine sulfate from the species of the plant genus Lupinus. In this work, we present an efficient and sustainable process to obtain (-)-sparteine sulfate and free base (-)-sparteine from leaves and stems of Lupinus montanus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2567-2570
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Process Research and Development
Volume23
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • (-)-sparteine sulfate
  • Lupinus montanus
  • crystallography
  • organocatalyst
  • quinolizidine alkaloids

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