Benzo carbazole

Prior to the discovery of the aryl-Heck reaction (Chapter 72), the direct Pd-promoted oxidative cyclization of diaryl amines to carbazoles was well known. In 1975 Akennark reported this reaction (Scheme 1, eqnation 1) [1], In addition, A -phenylanthranUic acid gave carbazole-l-carboxylic acid (60%). Miller and Moock used Pd(OAc)j to cyclize 6-anilino-5,8-dimethylisoquinoIine to eUipticine in low yield [2]. The second advance in this chemistry was reported independently by Bittner [3] and Furukawa [4], who described the Pd-mediated (stoichiometric) oxidative conversion of 2-anilino-l,4-benzoquinones and 2-anilino-l,4-naphthoquinones to the corresponding carbazole-l,4-diones and benzo[ ]carbazole-l,6-diones (equations 2, 3). Furukawa s studies included syntheses of several carbazolequinone alkaloids. In 1995 Akermark and colleagues developed catalytic versions (i.e., using tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide [TBHP] or oxygen) of this cyclization (equation 3) [5,6], which elevated the importance of this palladium oxidative cyclization, mainly because of the expense of Pd(OAc)2. Somewhat earlier, Knbiker used cupric acetate as a reoxidant in a synthesis of carbazole-l,4-quinones [7]. 

Dihydro-l,7-dihydroxy-3-methyl-6,l 1-dioxo-5//-benzo[ ]carbazole-5-carbonitrile, P-30121... 

In 2009, Buchwald and co-workers reported the first asymmetric palladium-catalyzed intramolecular dearomatization reaction. Benzo-carbazole derivatives were obtained in high yields and enantioselectivities from naphthalene derivatives (Scheme 2.122). Here, it is important to note that dearomatization of arenes is recognized as a fundamental chemical transformation for organic chemists which allows efficient access to alicyclic frameworks present in many biologically active compounds. 

Scheme 3.77 Pd(II)-catalyzed cyclization of enediynes to benzo[ ]carbazoles.

As might be anticipated from the behaviour of the parent heterocycles, C-2 of indole, benzo[i]furan and benzo[i]thiophene (Table 13) is shifted to lower field than C-3. However, the shifts for C-2 (O, 144.8 Se, 128.8 S, 126.1 NH, 124.7 Te, 120.8) and C-7a (O, 155.0 Se, 141.3 S, 139.6 NH, 135.7 Te, 133.0) in the benzo[i] heterocycles vary irregularly (80OMR(l3)3l9), and the sequence is different to that observed for C-2 in the parent heterocycles, namely 0>Se>Te>S>NH. Also noteworthy is the upheld position of C-7, especially in indole and benzofuran, relative to the other benzenoid carbons at positions 4, 5 and 6. A similar situation pertains in the dibenzo heterocycles (Table 14), where not only are C-1 and C-8 shifted upheld in carbazole and dibenzofuran relative to the corresponding carbons in dibenzothiophene and fluorene, but similar, though smaller, shifts can be discerned for C-3 and C-6 in the former compounds. These carbon atoms are of course ortho and para to the heteroatom and the shifts reflect its mesomeric properties. Little variation in the carbon-hydrogen coupling constants is observed for these dibenzo compounds with V(qh) = 158-165 and V(c,h) = 6-8 Hz. 

Competitive metallation experiments with IV-methylpyrrole and thiophene and with IV-methylindole and benzo[6]thiophene indicate that the sulfur-containing heterocycles react more rapidly with H-butyllithium in ether. The comparative reactivity of thiophene and furan with butyllithium depends on the metallation conditions. In hexane, furan reacts more rapidly than thiophene but in ether, in the presence of tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA), the order of reactivity is reversed (77JCS(P1)887). Competitive metallation experiments have established that dibenzofuran is more easily lithiated than dibenzothiophene, which in turn is more easily lithiated than A-ethylcarbazole. These compounds lose the proton bound to carbon 4 in dibenzofuran and dibenzothiophene and the equivalent proton (bound to carbon 1) in the carbazole (64JOM(2)304). 

There are reports of an increasing number of palladium-assisted reactions, in some of which the palladium has a catalytic function. Thus furan and thiophene undergo facile palladium-assisted alkenylation giving 2-substituted products. Benzo[6 Jfuran and TV- acetyl-indole yield cyclization products, dibenzofurans and carbazoles respectively, in addition to alkenylated products (8UOC851). The arylation of pyrroles can be effected by treatment with palladium acetate and an arene (Scheme 86) (81CC254). 

H-Benzo[a]carbazole, 4,4a,5,l 1,1 la,l Ib-hexahydro-synthesis, 4, 283 Benzo[b]carbazole, N-acetyl-photochemical rearrangements, 4, 204 Benzo[/]chroman-4-one, 9-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-synthesis, 3, 851 Benzochromanones synthesis, 3, 850, 851, 855 Benzochromones synthesis, 3, 821 Benzocinnoline-N-imide ring expansion, 7, 255 Benzocinnolines synthesis, 2, 69, 75 UV, 2, 127 Benzocoumarins synthesis, 3, 810 Benzo[15]crown-5 potassium complex crystal stmcture, 7, 735 sodium complex crystal stmcture, 7, 735 Benzo[ 18]cr own-6 membrane transport and, 7, 756 Benzo[b]cyclohepta[d]furans synthesis, 4, 106 Benzocycloheptathi azoles synthesis, 5, 120... 

The Bucherer carbazole synthesis " involves the treatment of a naphthyl alcohol (1 or 4) or a naphthyl amine (2 or 5) with a phenylhydrazine 3 in the presence of aqueous sodium bisulfite to afford, after acidic work-up, either a benzo[a]carbazole 4 or benzo[c]carbazole 6. 

In an investigation into the synthetic utility of the oxyindole 122, a wide variety of benzo- and heterocyclo-fused indexes and carbazoles was prepared, e.g., the indolo[3,2-a]carbazole 123 (Scheme 16). Thus, when 122 was reacted with indo-lylacetonitrile 124 in the presence of a base, followed by heating with phosphoric acid, the indolocarbazole 123 could be isolated in good yield (99T11563). 

The parent dibenzotriazepine is converted into a mixture of benzo[c]cinnoline 5-imide (5), benzo[c]cinnoline (6) and carbazole (4) on irradiation.331... 

Obige Reaktionen sind zur Herstellung partiell hydrierter Derivate von Alkaloiden mit Isochinolin-, Benzo-[a]-chinolizin-, Dibenzo-[a g]-chinolizin-, Benzo-fg]-indolo-[2,3-a]-chinolizin- und Pyrido-[4,3-b]-carbazol-Geriist vorteilhaft anwendbar11. 

Grosser RJ, DWarshawsky, JR Vestal (1991) Indigenous and enhanced mineralization of pyrene, benzo[a]pyene, and carbazole in soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 57 3462-3469. 

Wen-Chen Z, Ling-Jun L, Xian-En Z et al (2008) Application of 2-(l l//-benzo[ i]carbazol-11 -yl) ethyl carbonochloridate as a precolumn derivatization reagent of amino acid by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Chin J Anal Chem 36 1071-1076... 

The DszC enzyme was able to convert the following compounds other than DBT thioxanthen-9-one, 2,8-dimethyl DBT, 4,6-dimethyl DBT, and 3,4-benzo DBT. Non-organosulfur compounds such as biphenyl, carbazole, and dibenzofuran did not show any activity. This indicates that dszC specifically recognizes sulfur atom [151]. One study specifically examined the DszC enzyme for oxidation of aryl sulfides [179] and reported oxidation of many sulfides including, naphthyl methyl sulfide, phenyl methyl sulfide, and its alkyl derivatives. 

The treatment of 2-fluorophenyl-2-iodophenyl ethers, amines, and thioethers with 3.3 equivalents of f-BuLi and further reaction with selected electrophiles gave rise to functionalized carbazoles, dibenzofurans, and dibenzothiophenes in a direct and regioselective manner. A selected example is illustrated below <06JOC6291>. Benzyl 2-halophenyl ethers was treated with f-BuLi, and then reacted with carboxylic esters to give 2,3-disubstituted benzo[t>]furans <06JOC4024>. 

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