Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.134, No.29, 11995-11997, 2012
Total Synthesis of (-)-Isoschizogamine
A first asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-isoschizogamine has been accomplished. Our synthesis features the facile construction of the carbon framework of the natural product through a Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement, a tandem metathesis, a stereo-selective rhodium-mediated 1,4-addition of an arylboronic acid, and a ring-closing metathesis via a hemiaminal ether.