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Symmetrical pentacyclic guanidine compounds 3a-c have been synthesized base
d on the construction of 2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines via sequential 1,3-
dipolar cycloaddition and the formation of pentacyclic guanidine via guanyl
ation followed by double N,O-acetalization. The present synthesis will prov
ide a potential route for the synthesis towards ptilomycalin A (1) and 13,1
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