title: Synthetic studies toward the haouamines.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A concise synthetic approach toward the haouamines based on Stork-Danheiser alkylation and Friedel-Crafts chemistry is described. A novel electrophilic aromatic substitution with concomitant formation of an enol triflate is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Grundl
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trauner