Xiao-Han Zhou, Ying Liu, Rui-Jie Zhou, Hao Song, Xiao-Yu Liu and Yong Qin
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 12258-12261
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC06819D,
Communication
A strategy for synthesizing the highly oxidized bicyclo[3.2.1]octane CD rings of aconitine is reported. The key features of the synthesis include a ring-closing metathesis to form the C-ring as well as the application of a ruthenium-catalysed enyne cycloisomerization to assemble the bridged CD ring system of aconitine.