Starting from a readily available, enantiomerically pure 2,6-disubstituted piperidine the synthesis of pyrido[1,2-a]azepines was accomplished. Key reactions for the ring closure were a photochemically induced acyl radical addition or a SmI2-promoted ketyl radical addition to an α,β-unsaturated ester. En route to the cyclization precursor an epoxidiation/ring opening sequence led to an undesired oxazolidinone
                                    从容易获得的对映体纯的 2,6-二取代
哌啶开始,完成了
吡啶并 [1,2-a] 氮杂
环庚烷的合成。闭环的关键反应是光
化学诱导的酰基自由基加成或 
SmI2 促进的羰基自由基加成到 α,β-不饱和酯。在环化前体的途中,环氧化/开环序列导致不想要的
恶唑烷酮,结果证明它对配置分配有用。该化合物成功转化为(+)-甲基二氢palustramate。