Photoinitiated Cascade for Rapid Access to Pyrroloquinazolinone Core of Vasicinone, Luotonins, and Related Alkaloids.
D Sai ReddyAndrei G KutateladzePublished in: Organic letters (2019)
Furylimines of aromatic o-nitro aldehydes undergo a photoinduced cascade transformation offering rapid atom- and step-economical access to complex polyheterocyclic scaffolds possessing a privileged pyrroloquinazolinone core.