Synthesis of some alkaloids using the allyl derivatives of boron (review)

Data on the application of the allylic derivatives of boron for the synthesis of piperidine, indolizine, pyrrolizidine, and indole alkaloids are reviewed.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1015–1027, August, 1999.