The first chemical preparation of the cystodytins has been accomplished. A modified Knoevenagel-Stobbe pyridine formation and a photochemical nitrene insertion into a C-H bond constitute the key phases of this efficient total synthesis.
CIUFOLINI, MARCO A.;BYRNE, NORMAN E., TETRAHEDRON LETT., 30,(1989) N1, C. 5559-5562