Stereocontrolled Alkaloid Construction: Rhazinicine (Gaunt), 9-epi-Pentazocine (Zhai and Li), Fawcettidine (Dake), Strychnine (Padwa), and Yohimbine (Jacobsen)
The power of catalytic C-H functionalization is illustrated by the elegant synthesis of rhazinicine (3) devised (Angew. Chem. PMID:34235739 Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3004. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705005)by Matthew J. Propargyl-PEG1-NHS ester…