New approaches to the synthesis of metal carbenes

M Jia, S Ma - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Metal carbenes usually possess versatile reactivities that are controlled by the presence of
both the metals and the ligands. Diazo compounds are commonly used for the generation of …

Isomerization of allylbenzenes

M Hassam, A Taher, GE Arnott, IR Green… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The “phenylpropenoids” are a well-known set of naturally occurring compounds obtained
mainly from plant sources. 1, 2 Of this group, the generalized 2-propenylbenzenes 1 and 1 …

Benzannulation strategies for the synthesis of carbazoles, indolocarbazoles, benzocarbazoles, and carbolines

A Banerjee, S Kundu, A Bhattacharyya… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen-containing π-excessive aromatic heterocycles, in particular, carbazoles,
indolocarbazoles, benzocarbazoles, and carbolines have been considered the fundamental …

Trends in carbazole synthesis–an update (2013–2023)

LAT Allen, P Natho - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The interest of scientists in the carbazole core has risen steadily over the last 30 years,
particularly over the last decade given its presence in several active pharmaceutical …

Gold-catalyzed direct assembly of aryl-annulated carbazoles from 2-alkynyl arylazides and alkynes

N Li, XL Lian, YH Li, TY Wang, ZY Han, L Zhang… - Organic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
An unprecedented gold-catalyzed synthetic method for the direct assembly of aryl-annulated
carbazoles from 2-alkynyl arylazides and alkynes is described. The reaction is proposed to …

Highly selective cascade C–C bond formation via palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation–carbocyclization–carbonylation–alkynylation of enallenes

C Zhu, B Yang, JE Backvall - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient palladium-catalyzed oxidative cascade reaction of enallenes undergoing
overall four C–C bond formations has been developed. The insertion cascade proceeds via …

Facile synthesis of carbazoles via a tandem iodocyclization with 1, 2-alkyl migration and aromatization

J Wang, HT Zhu, YF Qiu, Y Niu, S Chen, YX Li… - Organic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A strategy for the synthesis of iodocarbazoles through a tandem iodocyclization with
migration and aromatization is presented. This sequential cascade process is concisely …

Visible light-photocatalysed carbazole synthesis via a formal (4+ 2) cycloaddition of indole-derived bromides and alkynes

ZG Yuan, Q Wang, A Zheng, K Zhang, LQ Lu… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We successfully developed an unprecedented route to carbazole synthesis through a visible
light-photocatalysed formal (4+ 2) cycloaddition of indole-derived bromides and alkynes …

Regioselective Cyclization of (Indol-3-yl) pentyn-3-ols as an Approach to (Tetrahydro) carbazoles

P Tharra, B Baire - Organic letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
An acid-catalyzed, highly regioselective cycloisomerization as well as dehydro-cyclization of
(indol-3-yl) pentyn-3-ols has been reported for the selective synthesis of …

Palladium‐Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization–Borylation of Enallenes to Cyclobutenes

Y Qiu, B Yang, C Zhu, JE Bäckvall - Angewandte Chemie, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A highly efficient palladium‐catalyzed oxidative borylation of enallenes was developed for
the selective formation of cyclobutene derivatives and fully‐substituted alkenylboron …