Access to Enantiopure Advanced Intermediates en Route to Madangamines

Chemistry. 2019 Dec 10;25(69):15929-15933. doi: 10.1002/chem.201904045. Epub 2019 Nov 12.

Abstract

The synthesis of enantiopure ABCE and ABCD tetracyclic advanced intermediates en route to madangamine alkaloids and studies for the construction of the triunsaturated 15-membered D ring of madangamine B and the saturated 13-membered D ring of madangamine E are reported.

Keywords: alkaloids; macrocycles; madangamines; skipped dienes; total synthesis.