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Total synthesis of (+)-aspidospermidine: A new strategy for the enantiospecific synthesis of aspidosperma alkaloids
Marino, Joseph P.,Rubio, Maria B.,Cao, Ganfeng,De Dios, Alfonso
, p. 13398 - 13399 (2002)
A new strategy was developed for the enantiospecific synthesis of aspidosperma alkaloids. The key steps involve a novel ketene-lactonization reaction of a chiral vinyl sulfoxide to efficiently set up the quaternary carbon center, and a tandem Michael addi
