Modular Access to Diverse Bridged Indole Alkaloid Mimics via a Gold-Triggered Cascade Dearomative

Yi He1, Zhen Liu2, Danjun Wu3

  • 1Laboratory for Organic & Microwave-Assisted Chemistry (LOMAC), Department of Chemistry , KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F , B-3001 Leuven , Belgium.

Organic Letters
|June 12, 2019
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