Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Ebara 2-4-41, Shinagawa, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
Abstract:
Enantiospecific total synthesis of an indolizidine alkaloid, ipalbidine, was achieved starting from (−)-pyroglutamic acid by employing an intramolecular McMurry coupling reaction with a low-valent titanium, as a key step.