First total synthesis of pseudodistomin tetrahydroacetate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(92)88093-K

The first synthesis of tetrahydroacetate of pseudodistomin, a novel antineoplastic piperidine alkaloid, was achieved via the route involving the reductive photcyclization of enamide and α-acylamino radical allylation.