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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3671602 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Zhe Z Giampa Geoffrey M GM Draghici Cristian C Huang Qiufeng Q Brewer Matthias M
Organic letters 20130415 9
A synthesis of the steroidal alkaloid demissidine from epiandrosterone is reported. A ring fragmentation reaction that efficiently ruptured the D-ring of a diazo ester derivative of epiandrosterone to provide an aldehyde tethered ynoate product was key to this sequence. Incorporation of the indolizidine framework was achieved by an azomethine ylide 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. ...[more]