Trisubstituted allylic alcohols 13 and 14 have been converted into a s
ingle isomeric trans-oxazoline 16 via an intramolecular iodoamidation
of the corresponding trichloroacetimidates, which have been elaborated
into (-)-platynecine 1 and (-)-hadinecine 2 via a common intermediate
pyrrolizidine 3. (C) 1997, Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.