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A general synthetic entry to the tetracyclic ring system of silicine-m
ethuenine alkaloids, involving the partial hydrogenation of dihydropyr
idines 2 followed by PPSE-induced cyclization of the resulting tetrahy
dropyridine esters 3, is reported. Copyright (C) 1996 Published by Els
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