The first asymmetric total syntheses of (+)-pancratinines B and C and the asymmetric total syntheses of (−)-montanine, (−)-pancracine and (−)-brunsvigine were realized in a divergent fashion. Our synthetic strategy features a copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation reaction, Pictet–Spengler cyclization and an epoxide opening and hydroxyl elimination to form the challenging C1
C11a bond.
