A conceptually distinctive stereoselective construction of the novel dimer, N-[N'-acetyl-7,7'-bis-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-7,8,7',8'-tetrahydro-N'H-[8,8']biindolyl-N-yl]-ethanone 25 (bisindoline) is described below. These structures, which include 7-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-indoline 24 (veratryl indoline), were obtained by the ta