“…[2] Total synthesis of the racemic 8-desbromo analogue and the natural product itself have been achieved by the groups of McWhorter [3] and Kawasaki, [4] respectively.A ne legant enantioselective synthesis of (+ +)-hinckdentine A, featuring akey asymmetric dearomative cyclization of functionalized N-acyl tetrahydrocarbazole,h as recently been accomplished by Kitamura, Fukuyama, and coworkers. [2] Total synthesis of the racemic 8-desbromo analogue and the natural product itself have been achieved by the groups of McWhorter [3] and Kawasaki, [4] respectively.A ne legant enantioselective synthesis of (+ +)-hinckdentine A, featuring akey asymmetric dearomative cyclization of functionalized N-acyl tetrahydrocarbazole,h as recently been accomplished by Kitamura, Fukuyama, and coworkers.…”