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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1289514
A Tandem Route to the Synthesis of Carbazolo[1,2-b]carbazoles
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Publication Date:
06 October 2011 (online)
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Abstract
A simple and facile synthesis of carbazolo[1,2-b]carbazole derivatives via Michael addition of 2-methylindole, condensation of methyl group with the carbonyl, dehydration followed by aromatization by heating in hydrothermal oven is reported.
Key words
carbazolocarbazoles - tandem cyclization - tetrahydrocarbazole - carbazole - π-donor complexes
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References and Notes
A mixture of 2-methylindole (1 mmol),
chalcones (1 mmol), 3 Å MS (0.2 g), Pd/C (15 mg,
10%), and AcOH (10 mL) was stirred and loaded under nitrogen
atmosphere in an autoclave (25 mL). The autoclave was heated at
180 ˚C for 48 h. After allowing to r.t., the reaction
mixture was diluted with EtOAc, filtered through Celite, washed
with 5% aq bicarbonate solution and H2O, concentrated
in vacuum. In TLC, the products show a characteristic blue fluorescence. The
residue is purified by column chromatography to provide the desired
carbazolocarbazole. Unreacted starting materials were recovered
as nonpolar fractions.
9-Phenyl-2,14-dihydrocarbazolo[1,2-
b
]carbazole
Yield
43%; mp 176-178 ˚C. IR (KBr): νmax = 3412,
1602, 1466, 1317, 740, 694 cm-¹. ¹H
NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d
6): δ = 11.66
(s, 1 H), 10.82 (s, 1 H), 8.50 (s, 1 H), 8.01 (d, J = 8.0
Hz, 1 H), 7.81 (d, J = 8.0
Hz, 1 H), 7.56-7.64 (m, 4 H), 7.49 (d, J = 7.6
Hz, 2 H), 7.27-7.42 (m, 4 H), 7.17 (t, J = 7.6
Hz, 1 H), 6.76-6.83 (m, 2 H). ¹³C
NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d
6): δ = 142.8,
139.2, 139.1, 138.6, 135.6, 133.2, 133.0, 132.2, 129.7, 127.2, 125.2,
124.6, 123.9, 122.6, 122.2, 122.1, 121.2, 120.0, 119.5, 118.9, 117.5,
116.7, 116.4, 111.8, 111.1, 100.6. MS (pos. Mode): m/z = 382. Anal.
Calcd (%) for C28H18N2:
C, 87.93; H, 4.74; N, 7.32. Found: C, 87.85; H, 4.81; N, 7.26.