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SUBMITTER: Andrews IP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3393134 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20120101 8
In this study we performed the total synthesis of the terpene indole alkaloid (+)-ibophyllidine through a pathway involving asymmetric phosphine catalysis, with our novel l-4-hydroxyproline-derived chiral phosphine mediating the key [3 + 2] annulation. Hydrogenation of the [3 + 2] adduct allowed the rapid formation of the stereochemically dense pyrrolidine ring of (+)-ibophyllidine in excellent yield with exceptionally high levels of both diastereo- and enantioselectivity. We constructed the rem ...[more]