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Total Synthesis: Zincke Reaction and Strychnine Synthesis

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CH-438: Total synthesis of natural products

Complex polycyclic natural products are chosen to illustrate the evolution of the state-of-the-art of the field, the interplay between strategy and new reactions as well as the importance of implementing multi-bond forming processes in a synthesis. ...

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This lecture covers the Zincke Reaction, focusing on Zincke's Aldehyde and its mechanism, discovered in 1904 and re-discovered in 2006. It also delves into Vanderwal's Total Synthesis of Strychnine, detailing the synthesis steps, including Zincke aldehyde formation, N-Deallylation, and a Diels-Alder reaction. The lecture highlights the key features of the synthesis, such as the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction for rapid tetracyclic ring system construction.

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Jieping Zhu

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Total synthesis is the complete chemical synthesis of a complex molecule, often a natural product, from simple, commercially-available precursors. It usually refers to a process not involving the aid of biological processes, which distinguishes it from semisynthesis. Syntheses may sometimes conclude at a precursor with further known synthetic pathways to a target molecule, in which case it is known as a formal synthesis. Total synthesis target molecules can be natural products, medicinally-important active ingredients, known intermediates, or molecules of theoretical interest.

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