Abstract dl‐Pumiliotoxin‐C (4) was synthesized in a practical manner from trans‐4‐hexenal (9). The key step 14 → 15 (Scheme 3) involves an intramolecular Diels‐Alder reaction giving mainly the cis‐fused indanols 15a, which were converted to the cis‐fused ketone 16. After Beckmann‐rearrangement of 16 the octahydroquinolinone 7 was transformed to the lactim‐ether 23. (Scheme 7). Reaction of 23 with propylmagnesium bromide followed by hydrogenation furnished dl‐4 in a highly stereoselective fashion.
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