Birman's synthesis of sceptrin

(This page will describe V. B. Birman's synthesis of sceptrin^[1]).

References

1. Birman, V. B.; Jiang, X.-T., "Synthesis of Sceptrin Alkaloids," Org. Lett. 2004 6(14); 2369-2371. DOI: 10.1021/ol049283g
2. Baran, P. S.; Zografos, A. L.; O'Malley, D. P. "Short Total Synthesis of (±)-Sceptrin" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004 126(12); 3726-3727. DOI: 10.1021/ja049648s