ChemInform Abstract: Application of a Tandem Electrocyclic (3,3)Sigmatropic Reaction of o-Quinodimethane to the Synthesis of Calabar Bean Alkaloids. Part 2. First Total Synthesis of (.+-.)-Geneserine.
ChemInform Abstract
Geneserine (V) is prepared from (IV), whose synthesis from (I) (with the title reaction (II) → (III) as the key step) has already been detailed in a preceding paper.