P. Hudson et al., A NOVEL SYNTHETIC APPROACH TO THE CARDIOTOXIN BATRACHOTOXIN - AN EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF THE AB RING-SYSTEM, Tetrahedron letters, 34(45), 1993, pp. 7295-7298
A chiral synthesis of the AB ring system of Batrachotoxin (1) is repor
ted. The synthesis utilises a carbene mediated ring expansion of a chi
ral hydrindane.