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The first fully regiocontrolled total synthesis of the alkaloid colchicine 1 is described; the key step of the reaction sequence is the efficient biomimetic conversion of the σ-homo-o-benzoquinone monoacetal 11 into the α-tropolone-O-methyl ether 13.
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