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Total synthesis of enantiopure phalarine via a stereospecific pictet-spengler reaction: Traceless transfer of chirality from L -tryptophan
Trzupek, John D.,Lee, Dongjoo,Crowley, Brendan M.,Marathias, Vasilios M.,Danishefsky, Samuel J.
, p. 8506 - 8512 (2010)
An appropriately constructed 2-substituted derivative of l-tryptophan undergoes conversion to a prephalarine structure in a single step. The reaction occurs in a diastereoselective fashion, leading shortly thereafter to the naturally occurring version of the alkaloid phalarine.