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Total syntheses of (±)-securinine and (±)- allosecurinine.

Organic letters (2012-08-24)
Jung-Hsuan Chen, Samantha R Levine, Jonas F Buergler, Travis C McMahon, Matthew R Medeiros, John L Wood
ABSTRACT

Total syntheses of (±)-securinine and (±)-allosecurinine that employ a tandem rhodium carbenoid-initiated Claisen/α-ketol rearrangement sequence as a key step are described.