Highly selective AlCl3 initiated intramolecular α-alkylation of α,β-unsaturated lactams and lactones

Total synthesis of the plant alkaloid racemic microthecaline A: first example of a natural product bearing a tricyclic quinoline-serrulatane scaffold

The first total synthesis of racemic microthecaline A, a quinoline serrulatane alkaloid, isolated from the Australian desert plant Eremophila microtheca is described. The natural product was synthesized in ten steps, starting from ethyl 4-bromo-6-methoxy-8-methylquinoline-3-carboxylate in 8% overall yield.

First total synthesis of quinoline-serrulatane alkaloid microthecaline A.