Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylations of a Mixture of Allyl Carbonates and Allyl Esters: Total Synthesis of (-)- and (+)-Folicanthine.

A highly enantioselective decarboxylative allylation of a mixture of enol carbonates and allyl esters has been achieved. The strategic viability of this methodology has been demonstrated through the total synthesis of cyclotryptamine alkaloids (-)- and (+)-folicanthine (1 a) and the formal total synthesis of (-)-chimonanthine (1 b), (+)-calycanthine (1 c), and (-)-ditryptophenaline (1 d).