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SUBMITTER: Medas KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7895322 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20200407 8
The synthesis of annulated 2-aryl-α-carboline heterocycles is described using transition metal catalysis. A linear strategy is described that uses Rh(I) catalysis to form the α-carboline scaffold by [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization. Alternatively, a tandem catalytic approach using a Pd(II) precatalyst afforded the same target molecules by mediating a Sonogashira reaction and a [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization in the same reaction flask. In each case, nine different 2-aryl-α-carbolines have been prepared in ...[more]