A concise and diastereoselective synthesis of piperidine and indolizidine alkaloids via aza-Prins cyclization

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0031-1289648

The synthesis of 2-substituted and 2,4-disubstituted piperidine alkaloids such as (±)-coniine, (±)-hydroxypipecolic acid, (±)-pipecolic acid, (±)-coniceine, and (±)-4-hydroxy-2- hydroxy-methyl piperidine have been accomplished in a highly diastereo-selective manner by employing aza-Prins cyclization as a key step to construct the piperidine core of these alkaloids. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.