• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.653-663
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• 2010

Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-clavosolide A and B was reported in full including the synthesis of proposed structure of (-)-clavosoldie A (1), revised structure of (-)-clavosoldie A (5), and revised structure of (-)-clavosoldie B (6). The relative and absolute stereochemistries of the natural products were confirmed unambiguously by comparing the optical rotation values and $^1H$ and $^{13}C$ NMR spectra of them.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.581-585
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• 1996

A new formal total synthesis of (+)-6-oxo-3, 4, 4a, 5-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-2, 2-dimenthylnaphtho-1, 2-pyran (1) which has been known to have bactericidal, bacteriostatic, fungicidal, fungistatic activities against Staphylococcus aureus and other microorganism, is described. The key reaction involves enantioselective prenylation of .alpha.-tetralone via chiral lithioenamine.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.7
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• pp.1949-1950
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• 2013

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.spc8
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• pp.2877-2878
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.183.3-183.3
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• 2003

Phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, (-)-antofine has attracted attention because of its extremely potent inhibition of cancer cell growth (Its $IC_50$ values have the low nanomolar range). The frist asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-antofine is described. An important feature of this synthesis is the creation of a stereogenic center by enantioselective alkylation using the phase transfer catalyst (PTC) and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) for pyrrolidine ring construction. This synthesis is efficient to allow the asymmetric preparation of other naturally occurring phenanthroindolizidine and phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloid.