An Efficient Enantioselective Synthesis of the D1 Agonist (5aR,11bS)-4,5,5a,6,7,11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia- 5-azacyclopenta[c]phenanthrene-9,10-diol (A-86929).

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(5aR,11bS)-4,5,5a,6,7,11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia-5-azacyclopenta[c]phenanthrene-9,10-diol (A-86929, 1), a potent selective dopamine D1 agonist, was synthesized enantioselectively from D-aspartic acid. Key features of the 10-step synthesis are the following: (1) there is no chromatography required; (2) formation of 15 occurs in >99% ee; (3) the electrophilic cyclization to provide the desired trans stereochemisry in 18 is achieved with no loss of enantiomeric integrity.