Abstract
A stereoselective total synthesis of the 2-(2-hydroxyalkyl)piperidine alkaloids has been accomplished by a Prins–Ritter amidation sequence. Other steps involved in this synthesis are Jacobsen's hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HRK) and ring-closing metathesis (RCM).
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