Kenichi Murai, Maiko Morishita, R. Nakatani
Oct 12, 2007
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
The first asymmetric total synthesis of spongotine A is described. The oxidative synthesis of the imidazoline/ketone unit from keto aldehyde and diamine is a key step in this synthesis. The absolute stereochemistry of the asymmetric center of natural spongotine A is revealed as the (S)-configuration.