title: A piperidine chiron for the Veratrum alkaloids.
abstract: A Veratrum piperidine chiron was prepared over 11 steps (7.9% yield) from (-)-citronellal. Three methods for the installation of the propargylic side chain onto a cyclic enamide are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. taberdf@udel.edu
authors.forename: Douglass F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Taber
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: DeMatteo
mesh_terms: D002210:Caprylates / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010880:Piperidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000737:chemistry*; D014704:Veratrum Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002210:Caprylates; D010880:Piperidines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D014704:Veratrum Alkaloids; C530493:citronellic acid; C032727:piperidine