Keisuke Takahashi et al.
Organic letters, 14(6), 1644-1647 (2012-03-07)
A total synthesis of (-)-kaitocephalin, an ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist, is accomplished in highly stereocontrolled manner via Overman rearrangement, rhodium-catalyzed benzylic C-H amination, pyrrolidine formation involving nucleophilic opening of a cyclic sulfamate, and rhodium-catalyzed allylic C-H amination as key steps.