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Synfacts 2009(11): 1189-1189  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218026
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (-)-Corynantheidol

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski
Y. Li, T. Kobayashi, S. Katsumura*
Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan
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22 October 2009 (online)

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Significance

A conspicuous feature of this synthesis of corynantheidol is the diastereoselective 6π-electrocyclization of the azatriene D resulting in the formation of the tetrahydropyridine derivative F containing two of the three stereogenic centers of the target molecule.