Synlett 2008(14): 2093-2096  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078251
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A Synthetic Approach to the Communesins

Jonathan H. George, Robert M. Adlington*
Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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Publication History

Received 30 May 2008
Publication Date:
05 August 2008 (online)

Abstract

A synthetic approach to the communesin family of ­indole alkaoids has been investigated, with a cascade reaction sequence involving formation of a transient 1-alkoxycarbonyl­imidazole intermediate and subsequent addition onto an indole as the key step.

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Crystal structure obtained for compound 20. CCDC 689636 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.