Tetrahedron

Synthesis of the marine alkaloid caulersin

N Wahlström, B Stensland, J Bergman

Index: Wahlstroem, Niklas; Stensland, Birgitta; Bergman, Jan Tetrahedron, 2004 , vol. 60, # 9 p. 2147 - 2153

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Abstract

A three-step synthesis of caulersin () from indole-2-acetic acid methyl ester and indole-2- carbonyl chloride is described. As the spectral data of the synthetic sample differed from those reported for the natural product, the structure was determined by X-ray crystallography.