Tetrahedron

Efficient one-pot synthesis of anti-HIV and anti-tumour β-carbolines

RS Kusurkar, SK Goswami

Index: Kusurkar, Radhika S.; Goswami, Shailesh K. Tetrahedron, 2004 , vol. 60, # 25 p. 5315 - 5318

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Citation Number: 36

Abstract

Thermal electrocyclisation of the azahexatriene system has been used as a key step for the synthesis of anti-HIV and anti-tumour compounds, harman, derivatives of harman and 1-aryl- β-carbolines. A one-pot reaction sequence was used to furnish these compounds in good yield.