A SHORT SYNTHESIS OF (+ -)-TORTUOSAMINE

Authors
GOEHRING RR
Citation
Rr. Goehring, A SHORT SYNTHESIS OF (+ -)-TORTUOSAMINE, Tetrahedron letters, 35(44), 1994, pp. 8145-8146
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
44
Year of publication
1994
Pages
8145 - 8146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:44<8145:ASSO(->2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A four-step synthesis of (+/-)-tortuosamine (1) is described. The key ring closure was an intramolecular S(RN)1 reaction between a ketone en olate and a 2-halopyridine.