title: A total synthesis prompts the structure revision of haouamine B.
abstract: A concise asymmetric approach to the indeno-tetrahydropyridine core of the unusual alkaloid haouamine B allowed for an investigation of a biomimetic oxidative phenol coupling as a proposed biosynthetic step, and ultimately provided access to the published structure of the natural product. As a consequence of our synthetic studies, the structure of haouamine B has been revised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Pharmacology, University of Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matveenko
authors.forename: Guangxin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Erica M W
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lauterwasser
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zubía
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trauner
mesh_terms: D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000097566:Cyclophanes
chemical_list: D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; C474768:haouamine B; D000097566:Cyclophanes