Piperidones: from alkaloids to pseudopeptides Authors Anna Díez Pascual Pilar Forns i Berenguel Mario Rubiralta Abstract Our early work on the synthesis of alkaloids that contain a piperidine ring led us to prepare diversely functionalised piperidines as scaffolds for building more complex structures. Since then we have prepared a number of piperidone synthons, and we have applied these to the preparation of biologically interesting compounds which range from alkaloids to conformationally constrained pseudopeptides. We provide here a brief historical introduction, followed by eight sections, dedicated to our most relevant piperidine synthons: i) 2-aryl-4-piperidones, ii) ∆3-piperidein-2-ones and 2-cyanopiperideines, iii) 3-amino-2-arylpiperidin-4-ones, iv) 3-aminopiperidin-2-ones, v) glutarimides, vi) 3-amino-∆5- piperidein-2-ones, vii) oxazolopiperidones, and viii) hydroxylactams. Downloads Text complet Published 2003-07-29 Issue 2-1 Section Research reviews License This work is subject, unless the contrary is indicated in the text, the photographs or in other illustrations, to an Attribution —Non-Commercial— No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License, the full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. You are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that the author is credited and reuse of the material is restricted to non-commercial purposes only and that no derivative works are created from the original material.