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Sarpagine-related indole alkaloids (-)-hydroxygardnerine, (+)-hydroxygardnutine, (-)-gardnerine, (+)-(E)-16-epi-normacusine B, and (-)-koumine were divergently synthesized via a common intermediate possessing a piperidine ring with an exocyclic (E)-ethylidene side chain, which was constructed by a gold(I)-catalyzed 6-exo-dig cyclization strategy.
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