Answer to the Quiz: A Modern Synthesis of Strychnine

The authors prepared strychnine using the following reaction sequence:

The synthesis was taken from the publication below.

• A Novel and General Synthetic Pathway to Strychnos Indole Alkaloids:  Total Syntheses of (−)-Tubifoline, (−)-Dehydrotubifoline, and (−)-Strychnine Using Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution,
  M. Mori, M. Nakanishi, D. Kajishima, Y. Sato,
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125 (32), 9801–9807.
  DOI: 10.1021/ja029382u