Synthesis of Aristotelia-type alkaloids. Part XI. Total synthesis of (+)-sorelline and (+)-aristolasene

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(92)80018-R

Optically pure samples of the rare Aristotelia alkaloids (+)-sorelline (2) and (+)-aristolasene (3) have been synthesized for the first time. Since natural (S)-perilla alcohol served as one of the starting building blocks, these syntheses delineate the pr