Tetrahedron Letters

Synthesis of 5-methyl-6h-pyrido [4, 3-b] carbazole-11-methanol

SP Modi, JJ Carey, S Archer

Index: Modi, Sandeep P.; Carey, James J.; Archer, Sydney Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 41 p. 5845 - 5848

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Abstract

Abstract The structures of some of the intermediates in Saulnier-Gribble synthesis of ellipticine have been determined. One of the intermediates 8 has been converted to 5- methyl-6H-pyrido [4, 3-b] carbazole-11-methanol, an alkaloid isolated from Strychnos dinklagei.