9/7-Carbazoles, recent advances

The fourth chapter of this volume comprises the second part of an ongoing series by Professor A. P. Sadimenko (Fort Hare University, South Africa) dealing with organometallic compounds of pyrrole, indole, carbazole, phospholes, siloles, and boroles. This follows the review in Volume 78 of Advances covering organometallic compounds of thiophene and furan. The enormous recent advances in this area are summarized and classified according to the nature of the heterocycle and of the metals. 

Pindur U., Lemster T. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Carbazoles and Anellated Indoles With Antitumor Activity DNA-Binding Ligands and Protein Kinase C Inhibitors Recent Res. Dev. Org. Bioorg. Chem. 1997 1 33-54 Keywords Diels-Alder reactions of a 4,7-dioxo-indole with carbodienophiles... 

Along these lines, we want to highlight the recent advances that have been made in the synthesis and characterization of poly(2,7-carbazole)s and related polymers. The synthesis of ladder-type derivatives with extended n systems like indolo[3,2-fr] carbazoles, diindolo[ 3,2-fr 2, 3 -fz ] carbazoles, and bisindenocarbazoles will also be presented. The structure-property relationships of all these materials will be discussed as well as their utilization as active layers in several organic electronic devices, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), field-effect transistors (FETs), photovoltaic cells (PCs), and thermoelectric devices (TDs). 

Joule, J. A., Recent Advances in the Chemistry of9H-Carbazoles, 35, 83 Thianthrenes, 48, 301. 

Recent advances in the chemistry of carbazoles . Joule, J. A., Adv. Heterocycl. Chem., 1984, 55, 84 Phosphite-reduction of aromatic nitrocompounds as a route to heterocycles , Cadogan, J. I. G., Synthesis, 1969, 11. 

J.A. Joule, Recent Advances in the Chemistry of 9//-Carbazoles, Adv. Heterocycl. Chem., 1984,35, 83-198. An excellent review on the chemistry and synthesis of carbazoles. 

N. Campbell and B.M. Barclay, Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Carbazole, Chem. Rev., 1947, 40, 359-380 An early review that is a segue to Joule (1984), cited above. 

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