aInstitut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Abstract:
The first use of an intramolecular Heck reaction for the construction of the quaternary centre of a galanthamine-like Amaryllidaceae alkaloid is described. The use of the acetate anion is shown as an activating factor in the 6-exo cyclisation of 5.