Synthesis of (+)-uniflorine a: a structural reassignment and a configurational assignment.

The total synthesis of (+)-uniflorine A has allowed for the structural reassignment and the configurational assignment of the alkaloid (-)-uniflorine A from a 1,2,6,7,8-pentahydroxyindolizidine structure to (-)-(1 R,2 R,3 R,6 R,7 S,7a R)-1,2,6,7-tetrahydroxy-3-hydroxymethylpyrrolizidine (6- epi-casuarine).