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[reaction: see text] A concise synthesis of the guanidine alkaloids, (+/-)-martinelline and (+/-)-martinellic acid, using a protic acid catalyzed 2:1 hetero Diels-Alder coupling reaction between N-Cbz 2-pyrroline and methyl 4-aminobenzoate, is described. Protic acid catalysis, rather than Lewis acid catalysis, was necessary to achieve the desired sense of diastereocontrol in the coupling reaction.
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