Total syntheses of six brominated marine sponge bis(indole) alkaloids of the hamacanthin, spongotine, and topsentin classes are described. Retrosynthetic analysis shows that their structures all include the 1-(6'-bromoindol-3'-yl)-1,2-diaminoethane unit 13a. This key moiety has been prepared from brominated indolic N-hydroxylamine 5b via synthetic intermediate 8b.
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