Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1990 · 35 citations · 0 references
PharmacyChemistryMedicinal ChemistryNatural Product BiosynthesisOrganic ChemistrySynthetic Medicinal ChemistryAlkaloid BiosynthesisOrganic SynthesisPlant Natural Product BiosynthesisRetrosynthetic AnalysisErgot AlkaloidsIndole AlkaloidsIndole ChemistryIndole DerivativesIndole SynthesisNatural Product Total SynthesisPlant AlkaloidsTotal Synthesis-derived Analogues
Investigation of the dehydrogenative conversion of indolines into indoles with benzeneseleninic anhydride (1) resulted in the development of an efficient standardised procedure, which was successfully applied to the final steps in first total synthesis of (±)-lysergol (18), (±)-isolysergol (27), and (±)-elymoclavine (29).