An efficient iron-promoted synthesis of 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolines and neocryptolepine derivatives

Zicong Yan; Changfeng Wan; Jianyong Wan; Zhiyong Wang

doi:10.1039/c6ob00469e

An efficient iron-promoted synthesis of 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolines and neocryptolepine derivatives

Org Biomol Chem. 2016 May 11;14(19):4405-8. doi: 10.1039/c6ob00469e.

Authors

Zicong Yan¹, Changfeng Wan², Jianyong Wan², Zhiyong Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry and Department of Chemistry & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China. zwang3@ustc.edu.cn.
² College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, 330022, Nanchang, P. R. China. wanfeng@jxnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 27117399
DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00469e

Abstract

A facile and practical method for the preparation of 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolines and neocryptolepines was developed under the promotion of the easily available ferric trichloride, affording the desired products with moderate to good yields.

MeSH terms

Alkaloids / chemical synthesis*
Alkaloids / chemistry*
Catalysis
Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
Indoles / chemistry*
Iron / chemistry*
Quinolines / chemical synthesis*
Quinolines / chemistry*

Substances

Alkaloids
Indoles
Quinolines
neocryptolepine
Iron