Itomanindoles A and B. Methylsulfinylindoles from Laurencia brongniartii

J Tanaka, T Higa, G Bernardinelli, CW Jefford

Index: Tanaka, Jun'ichi; Higa, Tatsuo; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Jefford, Charles W. Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 47 p. 6091 - 6094

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Abstract

Abstract Optically active 2-and 3-methylsulfinylindoles 2 and 3 have been isolated from the red alga Laurencia brongniartii. The structure of 2, and hence 3 by comparison, was determined by X-ray and revealed a pair of hydrogen-bonded molecules possessing a center of inversion.