%0 Journal Article
%@ 0040-4039
%A Goldstein, DM
%A Wipf, P
%D 1996
%F pittir:25645
%J Tetrahedron Letters
%N 6
%P 739 - 742
%T Studies Toward the Synthesis of Stemona Alkaloids; A Short Synthesis of the Tricydic Core of Tuberostemonines
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/25645/
%V 37
%X The tricyclic hydroindole core system of the Stemona alkaloids was prepared in 9 steps from N-Aloc-tyramine. The synthesis features oxidation of tyramine with hypervalent iodine followed by intramolecular conjugate addition and Mitsunobu cyclization of an ammo-alcohol as the key steps.