Synlett 2005(6): 0994-0996  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-864826
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A New Synthetic Route to Indoloquinones: Formal Synthesis of Ellipticine

Dipakranjan Mal*, Bidyut K. Senapati, Pallab Pahari
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, India
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Publication History

Received 6 December 2004
Publication Date:
23 March 2005 (online)

Abstract

The anionic [4+2] cycloaddition of furoindolones with arynes and quinol ethers is introduced as an efficient strategy for the synthesis of indoloquinones. The utility of the strategy is exemplified by a very short synthesis of elipticine.