Organic Letters · 2011 · 25 citations · 21 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMedicinal ChemistrySynthetic Medicinal ChemistryHeterocycle SynthesisHeterocyclic ChemistryHeterocyclic CompoundsMacrocycle SynthesisRetrosynthetic Analysis[4+2] CycloadditionHeterocycle DiversificationRing-forming ReactionsSix-membered Heterocycles
A strategy to construct the hexacyclic skeleton of trigonoliimines A, B and their derivatives involving a carbanion-triggered intramolecular cyclization of a seven-membered ring and a subsequent six-membered ring formation in one pot is described.
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