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Keywords:

  • alkaloids;
  • Diels–Alder reaction;
  • sigmatropic rearrangement;
  • total synthesis
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Core knowledge: The synthesis of the functionalized cores of both the originally proposed and revised structures of palau′amine have been achieved (see structures). A Diels–Alder/[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement sequence and a Beckmann rearrangement enable the stereocontrolled formation of the highly congested cores.