Total synthesis of (±)-γ-lycorane via the electrocyclic ring closure of a divinylpyrroline.

Tetrahedron Lett

Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvaia, 16802, USA.

Published: December 2011

A concise total synthesis of (±)-γ-lycorane is described. The key step in the synthesis is the 6π-electrocyclic ring closure of a divinylpyrroline to give a tetrahydroindole, which is subsequently hydrogenated to give the all-cis indolizidine core.

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