摘要

A facile synthesis of tricyclic skeleton of alkaloid 261C has been achieved by a double [3+2] cycloaddition of p-methoxypyridinium phenacyl bromide and maleimides with high diastereoselectivity. The initial Hammett analysis suggested that the most stable resonance form of pyridinium ylide is the one, the negative charge of which is widely dispersed in the pyridine ring.