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Abstract
A concise route is described to a Reserpine synthetic intermediate having the features of ring E and an oxygen function for constructing ring D. This involves an unusual α-diketone cleavage, the selective elaboration of the carboxylated ring in 1-naphthoic acids and selective boron halide cleavage of ester and ether groups.