Total synthesis of phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloid cryptopleurine was achieved in 8 steps from commercially available 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde and epoxide derived from methyl eugenol. The key intermediate 5 enables the divergent synthesis of cryptopleurine derivatives by late-stage installation of various substituents on the C-ring.
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