Pf. Santos et al., A NOVEL-APPROACH TO THE HEXAHYDROPYRROLO[2,3-B]INDOLE NUCLEUS - A SYNTHESIS OF (+ -)-DESOXYESEROLINE/, Tetrahedron letters, 36(44), 1995, pp. 8099-8100
A new synthesis of (+/-)-desoxyescroline from the bis-enamine, methyl
beta-N-(3-melhyl-1-indolyl)-beta-N-methylamino acrylate, via a 3,3-sig
matropic rearrangement is described.