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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

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Morgane Elodie Marie Delattre, Paul Jean Gri, Clément Paul Adrien Rols, Yun Hao Shawn Teh Past EPFL PhD Students Jean-Baptiste Gualtierotti, Ala Bunescu, Thomas Buyck, Olivier Wagnières, Minh Tu Ha, Dylan Jean Robert Dagoneau, Antonin François Roland Clemenceau, Cyril Piemontesi, Nicolas David Gaeng, Mathias Mamboury, Raphaël Beltran, Balázs Budai, Teerawat Songsichan, Alexandre Julien Florent Leclair, Bastien Delayre, Rémi Julien Sylvain Andres, Dina Boyarskaya, Rémi Lavernhe,

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