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Diastereoselective Intramolecular Carbamoylketene/Alkene [2 + 2] Cycloaddition: Enantioselective Access to Pyrrolidinoindoline Alkaloids
journal contribution
posted on 2013-01-04, 00:00 authored by Takaaki Araki, Tsukasa Ozawa, Hiromasa Yokoe, Makoto Kanematsu, Masahiro Yoshida, Kozo ShishidoA novel and highly diastereoselective intramolecular carbamoylketene/alkene [2 + 2] cycloaddition has been developed, and the methodology was successfully applied to the enantioselective syntheses of (−)-esermethole and Takayama’s intermediate for (+)-psychotrimine.