title: Studies of new indole alkaloid coupling methods for the synthesis of haplophytine.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The two novel bisindole alkaloid structures shown can be synthesized in a few steps from the canthiphytine derivative 9.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Pankaj D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Rege
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Corey
mesh_terms: D029062:Apocynaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D026121:Indole Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D026121:Indole Alkaloids; C518946:haplophytine