Abstract
Let [Formula: see text] be a finitely generated associative algebra over a field of characteristic different from 2. Herstein asked when the Lie algebra [Formula: see text] is finitely generated. Recently, it was shown that for a finitely generated nil algebra [Formula: see text] all derived powers of [Formula: see text] are finitely generated Lie algebras. Let [Formula: see text] be the Lie algebra of skew-symmetric elements of an associative algebra with involution. We consider all derived powers of the Lie algebra [Formula: see text] and prove that for any finitely generated associative nil algebra with an involution, all derived powers of [Formula: see text] are finitely generated Lie algebras.