Wan-Ling Peng, Yin-Jia Jhang, Chieh-Yu Chang, Po-Kai Peng, Wei-Ting Zhao and Yen-Ku Wu
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022,20, 6193-6195
DOI:
10.1039/D2OB00620K,
Communication
Described is a total synthesis of racemic mersicarpine from diethyl 4-oxopimelate. The synthetic route takes advantage of a 2-indolyl radical cyclization to construct the pyrido[1,2-a]indole scaffold bearing the all-carbon quaternary stereocenter.