Total Synthesis of (−)‐Histrionicotoxin through a Stereoselective Radical Translocation–Cyclization Reaction

Stereoselective total syntheses of (−)‐histrionicotoxin and (−)‐histrionicotoxin 235A are described. The 1‐azaspiro[5.5]undecane skeleton was constructed diastereoselectively by a radical translocation–cyclization reaction involving a chiral cyclic acetal; the use of tris(trimethylsilyl)silane was crucial for the high diastereoselectivity. The cyclization product was converted into (−)‐histrionicotoxin 235A through a one‐pot partial‐reduction–allylation reaction of a derivative containing an unprotected lactam. Finally, two terminal alkenes were transformed into enynes with the 1,3‐amino alcohol protected as an oxathiazolidine oxide to complete the total synthesis of (−)‐histrionicotoxin.