The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Total synthesis of phenanthroviridin aglycon: the first naturally-occurring benzo [b] phenanthridine

MP Gore, SJ Gould, DD Weller

Index: Gore, Makarand P.; Gould, Steven J.; Weller, Dwight D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 56, # 7 p. 2289 - 2291

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Abstract

Summary: The first synthesis of a naturally occurring benzo [b] phenanthridine has been accomplished via coupling of a cyanophthalide and a substituted bromocinnamate and subsequent transformation of the resulting aryl naphthoquinone carboxylate via formylation, Hoffmann rearrangement, cyclization, and deprotection steps.