Synfacts 2011(12): 1272-1272  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289341
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

Synthesis of (-)-Hodgkinsine B

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, James R. Frost
R. H. Snell, R. L. Woodward, M. C. Willis*
University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, UK
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
18 November 2011 (online)

Significance

Hodgkinsine B is one of a number of polypyrrolidinoindoline alkaloids present in a range of plants. These natural products have gained considerable interest from the synthetic community due to their highly symmetric structure containing six stereocenters and their vast range of biological activity.