Organic letters

Total synthesis of carbazoquinocin C: application of the o-benzannulation of Fischer carbene complexes to carbazole-3, 4-quinone alkaloids

M Rawat, WD Wulff

Index: Rawat, Manish; Wulff, William D. Organic Letters, 2004 , vol. 6, # 3 p. 329 - 332

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Abstract

The photoinduced o-benzannulation of 3-(2-vinyl) indolylcarbene complexes provides a direct route to carbazole derivatives that are oxygenated in the 3-and 4-positions. This reaction is quite efficient and provides for a unique synthesis of the lipid peroxidation inhibitor carbazoquinocin C.