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Synfacts 2008(1): 0014-0014
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991491
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991491
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (-)-Drupicine
Q. Li, E. M. Ferreira, B. M. Stoltz*
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Further Information
Publication History
Publication Date:
18 December 2007 (online)
Significance
The Stoltz group accomplished the first asymmetric synthesis of drupicine, the core structure of the antileukemic Cephalotaxus alkaloid cephalezomine. The key step entails the intramolecular Heck cyclization F→H.