Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464, Japan
Abstract:
A total synthesis of the natural enantiomer of monocrotaline (1), a representative of carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids having an 11-membered retronecine dilactone was achieved through regioselective coupling of (+)-retronecine (3) and the optically active protected necic acid 8, the latter being prepared enantioselectively from the meso-diester 11.