“…The dihydroxylation [3m, 9c, 26, 27] of C ‐mavacurine ( 1 ) with m ‐CPBA was carried out in acetonitrile because of solubility issues to synthesize (±)‐ C ‐profluorocurine ( 6 , C ‐alkaloid Y) iodide [29] . Finally, we completed our synthetic endeavor by performing the pinacol rearrangement of the diol motif of (±)‐ C ‐profluorocurine ( 6 ) into the desired pseudoindoxyl [3m, 9c, 26, 27a–e, 28] . The transformation was promoted by a solution of hydrogen chloride in methanol, [9c, 26] which was prepared in situ by adding acetyl chloride to methanol to yield (±)‐ C ‐fluorocurine ( 8 ) iodide, the structure of which was secured through X‐ray crystallographic analysis for the first time [20] .…”