Tetrahedron

New approaches to the synthesis of eburnane alkaloids

Y Langlois, A Pouilhes, D Genin, RZ Andriamialisoa…

Index: Langlois; Pouilhes; Genin; et al. Tetrahedron, 1983 , vol. 39, # 22 p. 3755 - 3761

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Abstract

Aldehyde 12 which is a key precursor of the Eburnane alkaloid vincamine 1 has been prepared in two ways. The first one involves a photochemical rearrangement of a spiro oxaziridine intermediate and the second is based on an imino Diels-Alder reaction followed by a stereo and regioselective alkylation.