Abstract: A process for the preparation of 1,3a,8-trimethyl-1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydro-pyrrole?2,3-b!indol-5(3aS,8aR)-he ptylcarbamate, of formula (I) ##STR1## by reacting eseroline with heptylisocyanate in the presence of a metal cyanate and of a quaternary ammonium salt, in polar aprotic solvents.