Synfacts 2011(12): 1278-1278  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289340
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (+)-Grandisine D

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, James R. Frost
J. D. Cuthbertson, A. A. Godfrey, R. J. K. Taylor*
University of York, Heslington and AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, UK
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Publication History

Publication Date:
18 November 2011 (online)

Significance

(+)-Grandisine B and D were isolated from the tree Elaeocarpus grandis, located in the Australian rainforest. These indolizine alkaloids display human δ-opioid receptor affinity and as such have gained considerable attention from the synthetic community, resulting in several total syntheses.