Towards a total synthesis of (β)-cephalo
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Stephen M Worden; Renameditswe Mapitse; Christopher J Hayes
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The synthesis of the BCDE-tetracyclic core of (-)-cephalotaxine has been achieved in eight steps starting from N-Boc-L-proline methyl ester. An alkylidene carbene 1,5-CH insertion reaction was used as a key step in the stereocontrolled synthesis of the DE-spirocyclic fragment and an intramolecular H