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Synfacts 2008(5): 0454-0454  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072708
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (±)-Psychotrimine

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Zofia Komsta
Y. Matsuda, M. Kitajima, H. Takayama*
Chiba University, Japan
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23 April 2008 (online)

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Significance

The first total synthesis of psycho­trimine, a trimeric indole alkaloid isolated from Psychotria rostrata, features the copper(I)-mediated inter- and intramolecular aminations of halo­benzenes D and I.