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Total Synthesis and Determination of the Absolute Configuration of Epibatidine
Fletcher, Stephen R.,Baker, Raymond,Chambers, Mark S.,Herbert, Richard H.,Hobbs, Sarah C.,et al.
, p. 1771 - 1778 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis of (+)- and (-)-epibatidine (exo-2-(2-chloropyridin-5-yl)-7-azabicycloheptane) via reaction of 5-lithio-2-chloropyridine with (+)- and (-)-N-BOC-7-azabicycloheptan-2-one is described.The absolute configuration of the natural product is shown to be 1R,2R,4S.