抄録
A formal synthesis of (±) -cis-alpinigenine (3) and (±) -cis-alpinine (4) was achieved by conversion of palmatine (7) into the key intermediate, benzindenoazepine (16), via the ring D-inverted 2, 3, 11, 12-tetraoxygenated phenolbetaine (14) and the 8, 14-cycloberbine (15) through photooxygenation, photochemical valence isomerization, and regioselective C-N bond cleavage of 15 as crucial reactions.