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Preparatively useful conjugate addition of lithiated methyl pyridines to cyclic and acyclic enones is reported. Addition of 2-picoline to 3-penten-2-one led to a concise synthesis of the alkaloids (+/-)-senepodine G and (+/-)-cermizine C.
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