Synlett 2014; 25(5): 741-745
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1340677
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A Robust Route towards Functionalized Pyrrolizidines as Precursors for Daphniphyllum Alkaloids

Michael Pangerl
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Butenandtstraße 5–13, 81377 München, Germany   Fax: +49(89)218077800   Email: Dirk.Trauner@lmu.de
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Ignaz Höhlein
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Butenandtstraße 5–13, 81377 München, Germany   Fax: +49(89)218077800   Email: Dirk.Trauner@lmu.de
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Dirk Trauner*
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Butenandtstraße 5–13, 81377 München, Germany   Fax: +49(89)218077800   Email: Dirk.Trauner@lmu.de
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Publication History

Received: 05 November 2013

Accepted after revision: 03 January 2014

Publication Date:
13 February 2014 (online)


Abstract

A diastereoselective Fráter–Seebach-type alkylation provides access to a highly functionalized pyrrolizidine, which could serve as a key building block for the total synthesis of ­Daphniphyllum alkaloids, such as oldhamine A.

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