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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Granger BA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4034156 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tetrahedron 20140701 27-28
A concise total synthesis of the complex indole alkaloid (±)-actinophyllic acid was accomplished by a sequence of reactions requiring only 10 steps from readily-available, known starting materials. The approach featured a Lewis acid-catalyzed cascade of reactions involving stabilized carbocations that delivered the tetracyclic core of the natural product in a single chemical operation. Optimal conversion of this key intermediate into (±)-actinophyllic acid required judicious selection of a prote ...[more]