Sf. Martin et al., A NOVEL-APPROACH TO THE ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF MANZAMINE-A - CONSTRUCTION OF THE TETRACYCLIC ABCE RING-SYSTEM, Tetrahedron letters, 35(5), 1994, pp. 691-694
The enantiomerically pure tetracyclic ABCE subunit of manzamine A has
been constructed by an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the viny
logous imide 13 to give the ABC tricyclic core 14; elaboration of 14 i
nto 16 followed by a novel olefin metathesis reaction to form the azoc
ine ring then delivered the tetracycle 17.