Adventures in Alkaloid Synthesis: (+)-α-Kainic Acid (Jung), 223AB (Ma), Pumiliotoxin 251F (Jamison), Spirotryprostatin B (Trost), (-)-Drupacine (Stoltz)
Enantiomerically-pure natural amino acids can serve as starting materials for alkaloid synthesis. 6-Bromo-2-fluoro-3-methoxybenzoic acid custom synthesis In his synthesis (J. Org. PMID:25818744 Chem. 2007, 72, 10114. DOI: 10.1021/jo701988j)of (-)-α-kainic acid…