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Total synthesis of the Galbulimima alkaloid G. B. 13 was achieved utilizing a functionalized pyridine moiety as a piperidine surrogate. Key to the success of the synthesis was the development of an unprecedented rhodium-catalyzed 1,2-addition of an arylboronic ester into an unactivated ketone.
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