title: Total synthesis of (-)-dendrobine.
abstract: Cascading to alkaloids: an 18-step total synthesis of (-)-dendrobine is based on a reaction cascade with a key amine group. The amine is the initiator of the cascade and provides an efficient method for installing the stereocenters at C11 and C3. The overall transformation occurs stereoselectively only when the conversion is carried out without the isolation of intermediates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lukas M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kreis
authors.forename: Erick M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Carreira
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry; D003500:Cyclization; D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000737:chemistry; D031667:Dendrobium / Q000737:chemistry; D006865:Hydrogenation; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000588:Amines; D003510:Cyclohexanes; D007659:Ketones; C002077:dendrobine; C506365:Cyclohexane