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SUBMITTER: Yusuf A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5882726 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Royal Society open science 20180328 3
Rupestine <b>G</b> is a guaipyridine sesquiterpene alkaloid isolated from <i>Artemisia rupestris</i> L. The total synthesis of rupestine <b>G</b> and its epimers was accomplished employing a Suzuki reaction to build a terminal diene moiety. The diene was further elaborated into the desired guaipyridine structure by a ring-closing metathesis reaction. Over all, rupestine <b>G</b> and its three epimers were obtained as a mixture in a sequence of nine linear steps with 18.9% yield. Rupestine <b>G</ ...[more]