Tetrahedron

The use of β-lactams in the synthesis of spermine and spermidine alkaloids: Total synthesis of homaline

HH Wasserman, GD Berger

Index: Wasserman, Harry H.; Berger, Gregory D. Tetrahedron, 1983 , vol. 39, # 15 p. 2459 - 2464

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Abstract

The optically active plant product homaline (6) has been synthesized in a convergent sequence starting with β-phenyl-β-alanine and putrescine (14) The key transformation in this sequence is the ring expansion by transamidation of a functionalized chiral β-lactam precursor