Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.39, 15350-15353, 2011
Asymmetric Synthesis of Ageliferin
We describe herein an asymmetric synthesis of ageliferin. A Mn(III)-mediated oxidative radical cyclization reaction was used as the key step to construct the core skeleton of this pyrrole-imidazole dimer. This approach resembles the biogenic [4 + 2] dimerization in an intramolecular fashion.