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SUBMITTER: Mulcahy SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3861870 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mulcahy Seann P SP Varelas Jonathan G JG
Tetrahedron letters 20131101 48
The synthesis of β-carbolines is a mature field, yet new methods are desirable to introduce new functionality onto the core scaffold. We describe the incorporation of an additional fused ring onto the β-carboline via a novel palladium-catalyzed, one-pot Sonogashira coupling/intramolecular [2+2+2] cyclization. This method generates three rings in one flask and produces an annulated β-carboline in 80% yield. A preliminary mechanistic study into the sequence of events is described, which confirms a ...[more]