Carbazole structure

The bromo derivative of A -mcthylsuccinimide did also undergo Suzuki coupling when treated with naphthylboronic acid in the presence of palladium acetate, triphenylphosphine and potassium carbonate (6.3.). The coupled product was deprotected under the reaction conditions and an indole derivative was isolated in good yield, which was successfully converted into the hexacyclic naphthopyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazole structure. Using the analogous trimethylstannyl-naphthalene derivative and optimised Stille coupling conditions the desired product was isolated only in 56% yield.5... 

The reaction of vinylindoles with dienophiles has been used for the preparation of natural products and synthetic compounds with pharmacological interest because their substituted carbazole structures were more easily accessible by these cycloadditions than by other routes. 

An X-ray crystal structure of 9-methoxy-ll-demethylellipticine (9) (25) reveals little difference in geometry from that previously observed in ellipticine and its derivatives (29,30). Thus, the absence of a methyl group at C-11 and the presence of the 9-methoxyl substituent does not alter the pyrido[4,3-5]carbazole structure. An X-ray crystal structure study of the charge-transfer complex formed between 9-methoxyellipticine (2) and 7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane... 

Kinamydno. A family of antibiotics from streptomy-cetes with activity against Gram-positive bacteria, however, their use is limited by their high toxicity. At first, an /V-cyanobenzo[b]carbazole structure was... 

Transition metal ions, electronically coupled to the conjugated backbone, allowed further tuning of the polymer s redox properties, which behaved complementary to FEDOT. A-B-type polymers with EDOT and carbazole structural units turned out to be another class of polymers anodically coloring that can successfully be combined with alkylenedioxythiophenes. - ... 

Fig. 2. Molecular structures of selected photoconductive polymers with pendent groups (1) poly(A/-vinylcarba2ole) [25067-59-8] (PVK), (2) A/-polysiloxane carbazole, (3) bisphenol A polycarbonate [24936-68-3] (4) polystyrene [9003-53-6] (5) polyvin5i(l,2-/n7 j -bis(9H-carba2ol-9-yl)cyclobutane) [80218-52-6]...

While this work was in progress Spath and Bretschneider showed that strychnine, on oxidation with permanganate in alkaline solution, furnished W-oxalylanthranilic acid (VII), brucine yielding oxalyl-4 5-dimethoxy-anthranilic acid, the latter observation providing confirmation of the evidence previously adduced that the two methoxy-groups in brucine are in the oj Ao-position relative to each other as indicated by Lions, Perkin and Robinson. The results so far considered indicate the presence in brucine and strychnine of the complex (VIII), which can be extended to (IX) if account is taken of the readiness with which carbazole can be obtained from strychnine and brucine and certain of their derivatives by decomposition with alkali at temperatures ranging from 200° to 400°, Knowledge of the structure of the rest of the molecule is mainly due to the results of the exhaustive study by Leuchs and his pupils of the oxidation... 

Indole on standing with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate for 74 days gave a 63% yield of the carbazole (55) along with 7-8% of each of two 1 3 molar adducts and about 2% of a 2 1 molar adduct for which no structures were suggested. It was proposed that the fumarate (56) was an intermediate, as it gave the carbazole (55) with the ester. However, as the yield in this last reaction, 26%, is much less than that obtained in the direct addition, it is very unlikely that (56) is, in fact, an intermediate, and an alternative reaction scheme as suggested here may be applicable. 

When 3-phenyl-3//-triazolo[4,5-/]quinoline was heated at 390 00°C, IH-pyrido[2,3-c]carbazole 149 originated. Its structure could be confirmed by unambiguous synthesis from the 8,9,10,1 l-tetrahydro-7//-pyrido[2,3-c]carbazole (52CJC711). 

The first example of an indolo[2,3-a]carbazole derivative reported with a reasonably estabhshed structure was the mono N-methylated system 9, prepared via dehydrogenation with palladium on charcoal of the octahydro derivative 10, available via reaction of the aminocarbazole 11 with 2-hydroxycyclohexanone in the presence of a trace amount of anihnium bromide (Scheme 1). An approach toward the parent compound 1 using the same method has also been attempted, although without success (56JCS4783). The utility of this route is impaired by the complexity of the starting material, which requires multistep preparation, and the harsh conditions of the final step. 

The parent indolo[2,3-fl]carbazole (1) has also been the subject of a study probing its reactivity toward oxidizing agents. One of the substrates involved, namely 85 (prepared from 1 and 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran in the presence of acid), was subjected to treatment with m-chloroperbenzoic acid, to give the dione 86 as the major product and a sensitive compound assigned the hydroxy structure 87. A cleaner reaction took place when 85 underwent oxidation with tert-butyl hydroperoxide assisted by VO(acac)2, to produce 86 exclusively in 86% yield. Likewise, A,N -dimethylindolo[2,3-fl]carbazole furnished the dione 88 on treatment with this combination of reagents (96J(X 413). 

Indolocarbazole glycosides have attracted considerable interest over the years, as most indolo[2,3-fl]pyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazole alkaloids possess this structural feature. These systems are beyond the scope of this review however, there are several studies where glycosides of the parent system 1 have been investigated, in some... 

The dimerization reactions of 2-vinylindoles and their alcohol precursors have also been explored, giving rise to the formation of several dimeric structures, such as the 6,12-dihydroindolo[3,2-h]carbazole derivative 160, which was obtained on dimerization of 2-(a-hydroxyethyl)indole under acidic conditions (71JOC1759). 

During studies on the acid-induced formation of the alkaloid yuehchukene and related structures from pienylindoles, it was discovered that treatment of indole 173 with p-toluenesulfonic acid and silica gel leads to the formation of indolo-[3,2-b]carbazole 174 and the indole derivative 175 (Scheme 21). Similarly, the disubstituted product 176 could be isolated after TFA treatment of the substrate 177. Detailed mechanistic explanations have also been provided in this work (96T9455). 

Several derivatives of indolo[3,2-fi]carbazole, such as the system 185, have been claimed to arise from the reaction of suitably substituted simple indoles on treatment with thallium triacetate in acetic acid. A compound having the purported structure of 185 was thus isolated when 2,3-dimethylindole was used as the substrate [78UC(B)422]. Many years later, it was demonstrated that this product is in fact a derivative of indolo[2,3-c]carbazole (cf. Section VI) (99T12595). 

It is also interesting that the hypothetical helicene 255 has been incorporated in a study of the jt -electron spectra of a series of infinite helicenes composed of various structural units (77BAU2532). A compound 256, closely resembling an indolo-[2,3-c]carbazole but possessing an additional six-membered ring between the... 

Several classes of large molecules containing indolocarbazoles as structural subunits are also worth some attenticm, although an exhaustive account of the chemistry and properties of these systems is beyond the scope of this review. The ring system of indolo[2,3-c]carbazole (5) is present in several dyes known since the 1940s, such as Indanthren Khaki GG (257) and Vat Brown 1 (258). In... 

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