Am. Castano et al., A CONCISE SYNTHESIS OF (+ -)-MONOMORINE-I BY WAY OF A PALLADIUM-CATALYZED REDUCTIVE COUPLING/, Tetrahedron letters, 35(40), 1994, pp. 7435-7438
A seven steps synthesis of the indolizidine alkaloid (+/-)-monomorine
I is described starting from 2-methylpiperidine. The key step of the s
ynthesis is a palladium-catalyzed reductive coupling reaction of an ac
id chloride with a beta-stannanyl enone to give a 1,4-diketone.