An end-game strategy for construction of the G-H-I rings of penitrem D, a tremorgenic indole alkaloid

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)93371-9

A synthetic approach to the G-H-I ring system of penitrem D has been developed in a model study. To generate the requisite carbon framework, the Stork protocol was utilized for coupling of a scalemic metalloenamine with an epoxide derived from D-glycerald