title: Model studies toward the total synthesis of the Lycopodium alkaloid spirolucidine.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A strategy for the synthesis of the spirocyclic core of spirolucidine was explored through a model study. The diene 4a was prepared and photolyzed to give the desired [2 + 2] photoadduct 17 containing the correct relative stereochemistry corresponding to spirolucidine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA. daniel_comins@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Comins
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D029542:Lycopodiaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D010777:Photochemistry; D011728:Pyridones / Q000737:chemistry; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D011728:Pyridones; D013141:Spiro Compounds; C438933:spirolucidine