Activation of the reverse-cope elimination by allylic oxygen functions: Syntheses of (-)-hygroline and (+)-pseudohygroline

Authors
Knight, DW Salter, R
Citation
Dw. Knight et R. Salter, Activation of the reverse-cope elimination by allylic oxygen functions: Syntheses of (-)-hygroline and (+)-pseudohygroline, TETRAHEDR L, 40(32), 1999, pp. 5915-5918
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry & Analysis","Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
ISSN journal
00404039 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
32
Year of publication
1999
Pages
5915 - 5918
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(19990806)40:32<5915:AOTREB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Reverse-Cope cyclisations of N-(4-alkenyl)hydroxylamines 8 are accelerated by the presence of the allylic oxygen function; this has been applied to a brief synthesis of the alkaloids (-)-hygroline 6 and (+)-pseudohygroline 7 (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. Ali rights reserved.