DIRADICAL CYCLIZATION METHODOLOGIES. MODEL STUDIES PROBING THE APPLICATION OF PHOTOINDUCED-ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESSES IN SYNTHETIC ROUTES TO THE PROTOBERBERINE AND SPIROBENZYL ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOIDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98248-0

Model studies have demonstrated that diradical cyclization processes, promoted by excited state electron transfer-desilylation pathways, serve as novel methods for construction of ring systems found in members of the protoberberine and spirobenzyl isoquin