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Bioinspired total synthesis and structural revision of yuremamine, an alkaloid from the entheogenic plant Mimosa tenuiflora

Matthew B. Calvert, Jonathan Sperry

Chemical Communications 2015 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc00380f (opens in new tab)

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Key points Proposes that the true structure of yuremamine is a flavonoidal indole, as determined through a bioinspired synthetic approach.

Abstract

A bioinspired synthetic approach to nominal yuremamine has uncovered the true structure of the natural product to be a flavonoidal indole.