Fig. 2: Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of THβCs from nitrone.
From: Catalytic enantioselective nitrone cycloadditions enabling collective syntheses of indole alkaloids

a Development of the asymmetric conversion of 3,4-dihydro-β-carboline-2-oxides. b Our design of unified platform starting materials to construct various THβCs with varied architectures for collective total syntheses of natural products.