The synthesis of the title compound [(−)-1] has been achieved, for the first time, by reacting the aryl boronic acid ester 4 with the aminoconduritol derivative 6 under Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling conditions then subjecting the product phenanthridinone 23 to a global deprotection process using trimethylsilyl bromide. The aromatic building block 4 was prepared in ten steps from piperonal while compound 6 was obtained in nine steps from ...
