Abstract
A four-step synthesis of the diester (1), based on the sodium–liquid ammonia reductive cleavage of the carbon–carbon σ-bond of the bicyclic compound (2) is described; since (1) has previously converted into (±)-cocaine (3), the overall synthetic pathway constitutes a total synthesis of this alkaloid.
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