Abstract
Irradiation of the N-(o-iodophenylethyl)methyl-enepyrrolones (1a, b) provides the dihydro-pyrrolo-[2,1-b][3]benzazepines (2a, b), one of which (2a) is converted into the Cephalotaxus alkaloid synthon (5).

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