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DOI: 10.1039/A807760F (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1998, 4047-4056

Studies into the synthesis of a sub-unit of the neurotoxic alkaloid methyllycaconitine

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Lynn C. Baillie, John R. Bearder, Wang-Shi Li, John A. Sherringham and Donald A. Whiting

Abstract

A potentially toxophoric subunit of methyllycaconitine has been synthesised from penta-1,4-dien-3-ol as the mixture of diastereomers 2a and 2b, in 14 steps and 5% overall yield.

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