Synlett 1999; 1999(S1): 860-862
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-3083
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Construction of the 6-Azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane Ring System via Higher-Order Cycloaddition; Formal Total Synthesis of (±)-Peduncularine

James H. Rigby* , J. Hoyt Meyer
  • *Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202-3489, USA; Fax +1(3 13)5 77 13 77; E-mail: jhr@chem.wayne.edu
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Publication Date:
31 December 1999 (online)

The azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane core of the Aristotelia alkaloid, peduncularine has been prepared employing a chromium(0)-promoted [6π + 2π] isocyanate/triene cycloaddition reaction as the key ring-forming step.