Studies Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Quadrigemine H

Download or read book Studies Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Quadrigemine H written by Leonard Sung and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthetic efforts toward the [3+1] quadrigemine alkaloids are described in this dissertation. Chapter 1 reviews the quadrigemine alkaloids from a historical perspective and discusses methods for the construction of their highly congested vicinal and diaryl all-carbon quaternary stereocenters. The application of these methods is featured in the presentation of the enantioselective syntheses of hodgkinsine and quadrigemine C.