Ganesh Pandey, Andiappan Murugan and Madhesan Balakrishnan
Chem. Commun., 2002, 624-625
DOI:
10.1039/B200624C,
Communication
A new strategy towards the synthesis of phenanthridone alkaloids has been reported through the synthesis of (+)-2,7-dideoxypancratistatin from D-(−)-quinic acid employing PET initiated carbocyclization of an electron rich aromatics by silylenol ether as a key step.