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The synthesis of pyrido(2,3,4-,kl)acridine unit of some marine alkaloids

  • T. Ozturk*
  • , A. McKillop
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Waterloo

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Abstract

A simple and convenient synthesis of pyrido(2,3,4-kl)acridine (1), the main skeleton of some marine alkaloids, via cyclization and intramolecular nitrene insertion, is described. The importance of the planarity of the molecule during the nitrene insertion is explained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1158-1164
Number of pages7
JournalCanadian Journal of Chemistry
Volume78
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Marine alkaloids
  • Nitrene insertion
  • Pyridoacridine
  • Quinoline
  • Quinolinone

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