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Reaction o
f N-methylindole (
4) with 6,6-dibromobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane (
5) in the pre
sence o
f silver tetra
fluoroborate a
fford
s conjugate
7 in 67%yield. Thi
s product can be readily elaborated to compound
s 12b and
13b which embody the polycyclic
framework
s a
ssociated with member
so
f the hapalindole and
fi
scherindole cla
sse
s o
f alkaloid
s. The chiral-auxiliary-
sub
stituted 6,6-dibromobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane
s 21 and
22 reactwith indole to give adduct
s likely to be u
se
ful in the enantio
selective total
synthe
si
s o
f the title alkaloid
s.