Yiting Su, Gaofeng Huang, Fu Ye, Panpan Qiao, Jinxiang Ye, Yu Gao and Haijun Chen
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 8811-8815
DOI:
10.1039/C9OB01832H,
Communication
Oxidation as a fundamentally important method for the synthesis of complex structures is difficult to achieve in a selective manner. Evodiakine, a complex natural product possessing an unprecedented ring system (6/5/5/7/6), has a high oxidation state without a practical solution. Herein, we report the first synthesis of evodiakine via aerobic copper-catalyzed late-stage functionalization of evodiamine.