Total synthesis of ibogaine, epiibogaine and their analogues

Efficient total synthesis of ibogaine, epiibogaine and their analogues has been described. An intramolecular reductive-Heck type cyclization was used for the construction of seven-membered indoloazepine ring to access iboga-skeleton. Larock's heteroannulation reaction was employed for the creation of suitably substituted indole and Diels-Alder reaction was employed for the construction of the isoquinuclidine ring present in iboga alkaloids.