Synlett 1997; 1997(SI): 441-444
DOI: 10.1055/s-1997-6135
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The Phenanthrenone Approach to Opium Alkaloids: Formal Total Synthesis of Morphine by Sigmatropic Rearrangement

Johann Mulzer1 , Jan W. Bats2 , Benjamin List2 , Till Opatz2 , Dirk Trauner3
  • 1Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Wien, Währingerstraße 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; Internet: mulzer@felix.orc.univie.ac.at
  • 2Institut für Organische Chemie der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Marie-Curie-Straße 11, D-60439 Frankfurt, Germany
  • 3Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Wien, Währingerstraße 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)

The synthesis of morphine alkaloids involving sigmatropic rearrangements and novel ring closures of aromatic methyl pentenyl ethers is reported.