A Short Synthesis of (±)-3-Demethoxyerythratidinone by Ligand-Controlled Selective Heck Cyclization of Equilibrating Enamines.

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A short, 5-step total synthesis of (±)-3-demethoxyerythratidinone from a simple pyrrole derivative is described. Features include the formation of gram quantities of a key tricylic aziridine from a challenging photochemical cascade reaction through the use of flow photochemistry. The final step involved a highly unusual Heck cyclization whereby ligand control enabled efficient formation of the natural product in 69 % yield from the minor isomer present in an equilibrating mixture of labile enamines.

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