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Divergent Oxidative Couplings between Indoles and 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Derivatives for the Biomimetic Synthesis of Voacalgine A and Bipleiophylline

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2018

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Abstract

The present feature article details our endeavors towards the synthesis of the highly intricate bisindole alkaloid bipleiophylline and its biosynthetic precursor voacalgine A: from the development of a divergent oxidative coupling between indole and dihydroxybenzoic acids, to the exploration of the chemical space from natural products and culminating in the biomimetic assembly of voacalgine A and bipleiophylline.