title: An expedient route to the Calabar bean alkaloids (-)-physovenine and (-)-physostigmine.
abstract: An expedient route to the Calabar bean alkaloids (-)-physovenine and (-)-physostigmine has been devised using a chiral building block which was originally designed for diastereocontrolled construction of aldohexoses.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: ElAzab
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
mesh_terms: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; C092643:physovenine; D010830:Physostigmine