The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Total synthesis of azafluoranthene alkaloids: rufescine and imeluteine

DL Boger, CE Brotherton

Index: Boger, Dale L.; Brotherton, Christine E. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 21 p. 4050 - 4055

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Citation Number: 74

Abstract

Total syntheses of rufescine and imeluteine, azafluoranthene alkaloids isolated from Abuta imene and Abuta rufescens, are detailed and are based on the utilization of the inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reactions of 3-carbomethoxy-2-pyrones for the selective and controlled introduction of oxygenated aromatics.