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A Biomimetic and Fully Regiocontrolled Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Colchicine
Banwell, Martin G.,Lambert, John N.,Mackay, Maureen F.,Greenwood, Richard J.
, p. 974 - 975 (1992)
The first fully regiocontrolled total synthesis of the alkaloid colchicine 1 is described; the key step of the reaction sequence is the efficient biomimetic conversion of the ?-homo-o-benzoquinone monoacetal 11 into the α-tropolone-O-methyl ether 13.