A. Goti et al., Total synthesis of (-)-rosmarinecine by intramolecular cycloaddition of (S)-malic acid derived pyrroline N-oxide, ORG LETT, 3(9), 2001, pp. 1367-1369
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Straightforward total syntheses of (-)-rosmarinecine have been achieved fro
m L-malic acid derived pyrroline N-oxides by two novel useful cascade proce
sses, which join the family of domino reactions. Both strategies, which fur
nished the target alkaloid in enantioenriched and enantiopure forms, respec
tively, allow complete control of configuration at all the three newly crea
ted contiguous stereogenic centers.