Publications (2)8.44 Total impact
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Article: Total Syntheses of (±)-Fawcettimine, (±)-Fawcettidine, (±)-Lycoflexine, and (±)-Lycoposerramine-Q.
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ABSTRACT: The total syntheses of four fawcettimine-related Lycopodium alkaloids, (±)-fawcettimine, (±)-fawcettidine, (±)-lycoposerramine-Q, and (±)-lycoflexine, were completed in a highly stereoselective manner. The Pauson-Khand reaction of 4-methylidene-6-siloxyoct-1-en-7-yne followed by regio- and stereoselective hydrogenation led to the short-step preparation of the bicyclo[4.3.0]nonenone intermediate bearing a methyl group with the required stereochemistry. The subsequent chemical manipulation of the bicyclic compound afforded the 6-5-9-membered tricyclic dioxo compound, which was then transformed into the four targeted alkaloids in an alternative and more efficient fashion.Chemistry 05/2013; · 5.93 Impact Factor -
Article: Rh(I)-catalyzed intramolecular [2 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition of allenenes: Construction of bicyclo[4.3.0]nonenones with an angular methyl group and tricyclo[6.4.0.0]dodecenone.
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ABSTRACT: The [RhCl(CO)dppp](2)-catalyzed intramolecular carbonylative [2 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition of allenenes was developed to prepare bicyclo[4.3.0]nonenones possessing a methyl group at the ring junction, which is difficult to achieve by the Pauson-Khand reaction of the corresponding enynes. This method also provided a new procedure for the construction of the tricyclo[6.4.0.0(1,5)]dodecenone framework in a satisfactory yield.Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 01/2011; 7:404-9. · 2.52 Impact Factor
