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The first total synthesis of (-)-16-episilicine has been completed from a phenylglycinol-derived bicyclic lactam, the key steps being stereoselective conjugate addition and alkylation reactions, and a ring-closing metathesis.
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Amat et al. (2009) studied this question.
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