American Chemical Society, Organic Letters, 3(17), p. 568-571, 2015
DOI: 10.1021/ol503586d
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Synthesis of the tetracyclic cores of madangamines D–F was achieved, featuring a reductive radical process from an ethoxycarbonyldichloroacetamide to build the morphan nucleus, a Mitsunobu-type aminocyclization toward the common diazatricyclic intermediate, and ring-closing metathesis reactions for the macrocyclization step leading to the 13- to 15-membered rings.