Model Studies toward the Total Synthesis of the Lycopodium Alkaloid Spirolucidine

[reaction: see text] A strategy for the synthesis of the spirocyclic core of spirolucidine was explored through a model study. The diene 4a was prepared and photolyzed to give the desired [2 + 2] photoadduct 17 containing the correct relative stereochemistry corresponding to spirolucidine.