A new formal stereoselective synthesis of (+)-Huperzine A (1) was achieved
using as a key step a palladium mediated annulation between 2-methylene-1,3
-propanediol diacetate and (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohexanol derived beta-ketoes
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