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Chiral and Achiral Formamidines in Synthesis. The First Asymmetric Route to (-)-Yohimbone and an Efficient Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Yohimbone
Meyers, A. I.,Miller, Donald B.,White, Franklin H.
, p. 4778 - 4787 (1988)
An asymmetric synthesis of (-)-yohimbone from chiral formamidines is presented.The synthetic pathway intercepts a previously reported route to yohimbenone (6) reported by Winterfeldt.An investigation of the -rearrangement involving iminium salts 8 an
