Synthesis 2018; 50(19): 3921-3926
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610185
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Divergent Syntheses of Carbazole Alkaloids

Feixiang Ji
a   College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. of China   Email: chjsong@zzu.edu.cn
,
He Huang
a   College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. of China   Email: chjsong@zzu.edu.cn
,
Mengyang Li
a   College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. of China   Email: chjsong@zzu.edu.cn
,
Yanqin Guo
a   College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. of China   Email: chjsong@zzu.edu.cn
,
Chuanjun Song*
a   College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. of China   Email: chjsong@zzu.edu.cn
,
Junbiao Chang*
a   College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. of China   Email: chjsong@zzu.edu.cn
b   Collaborative Innovation Center of New Drug Research and Safety Evaluation, Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. of China   Email: changjunbiao@zzu.edu.cn
› Author Affiliations

We are grateful to the NSFC (#81330075; #21172202) and Zhengzhou University (#1421316040) for financial support.
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Publication History

Received: 23 April 2018

Accepted after revision: 18 May 2018

Publication Date:
05 July 2018 (online)


Abstract

Starting from common intermediate methyl 1-hydroxy-9H-carbazole-3-carboxylate, synthetic routes toward murrayaquinone A, olivacine, and N-methylcalothrixin B were developed.

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