Yusuke Kitabayashi, Tohru Fukuyama and Satoshi Yokoshima
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018,16, 3556-3559
DOI:
10.1039/C8OB00859K,
Communication
The [7-5-5] tricyclic core of the Daphniphyllum alkaloids was constructed, featuring a Claisen-Ireland rearrangement to install the two contiguous stereogenic centers, E1cB elimination to form the tetrasubstituted C–C double bond, and a 2,3-Wittig rearrangement to construct the quaternary carbon. Ring-closing metathesis and an intramolecular carbonyl ene reaction were employed for construction of the requisite ring system.