Application of the helquist annulation in lycopodium alkaloid synthesis: Unified total syntheses of (-)-8-deoxyserratinine, (+)-fawcettimine, and (+)-lycoflexine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3684-3690

  Yang, Yu Rong ^a   Shen, Liang ^a,c   Huang, Jiu Zhong ^a,b   Xu, Tao ^a,c   Wei, Kun ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYLATION; KEY FEATURE; MANNICH CYCLIZATION; N-ALKYLATION; NINE-MEMBERED RINGS; SHI EPOXIDATION; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

BIOMIMETICS; METABOLITES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

8 DEOXYSERRATININE; ALKALOID; EPOXIDE; FAWCETTMINE; LYCOFLEXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; DIHYDROXYLATION; EPOXIDATION; HELQUIST ANNULATION; LYCOPODIUM; MANNICH REACTION; REDUCTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; INDOLIZINES; LYCOPODIUM;

EID: 79956071522     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo1023188     Document Type: Article

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