A Concise Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Aspidophytine
作者:K. C. Nicolaou、Stephen M. Dalby、Utpal Majumder
DOI:10.1021/ja806176w
日期:2008.11.12
An expedient asymmetric total synthesis of aspidophytine is reported. A highly convergent strategy involving the sequential annulation of vinyl iodide 5 with indole 6 exploits varying modes of indole reactivity to provide aspidophytine in 23% over six steps from 5.