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SUBMITTER: Mewald M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4240000 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20140904 43
We report an efficient and highly stereoselective strategy for the synthesis of Aspidosperma alkaloids based on the transannular cyclization of a chiral lactam precursor. Three new stereocenters are formed in this key step with excellent diastereoselectivity due to the conformational bias of the cyclization precursor, leading to a versatile pentacyclic intermediate. A subsequent stereoselective epoxidation followed by a mild formamide reduction enabled the first total synthesis of the Aspidosper ...[more]