Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de los Caidos 1-5, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Abstract:
A new cyclisation of 3-(but-3-enyl) indole derivatives that produces policyclic compounds with a hexahydrocarbazole structure is described. In this reaction three stereogenic centres are generated in one step, and this process can be considered as evidence of the biogenetic relationship between anominine and tubingensin A.