posted on 2020-04-06, 13:33authored byYuzhou Wang, André Hennig, Thomas Küttler, Christian Hahn, Anne Jäger, Peter Metz
Using an intramolecular
nitrone cycloaddition and a Heck cyclization
as the crucial transformations, a total synthesis of the racemic morphine
alkaloid thebainone A was accomplished in 22 steps commencing with
isovanillin.