Using the kinetically controlled Pictet-Spengler reaction, we have developed a three-step, diastereoselective and enantiospecific synthesis of the natural product demethoxy-fumitremorgin C in 21% overall yield. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Using the kinetically controlled Pictet-Spengler reaction, we have developed a three-step, diastereoselective and enantiospecific synthesis of the natural product demethoxy-fumitremorgin C in 21% overall yield. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.