“…Finally,w ea lso prepared the non-natural biscarbalexine B ( 5). The corresponding carbalexin B ( 20)w as first mentioned as as ynthetic compound by Reisch in 1980, [66] later isolated by Greger from Glycosmis pentaphylla in 2001, [61] and obtained by our total synthesis in 2014. [35,36] Treatment of 20 with di-tert-butyl peroxide in chlorobenzenea tr eflux led to the 8,8'-dimethoxy-1,1'-bicarbazole in only 23 %yield accompanied by extensive decomposition.…”