Em. Beccalli et al., SYNTHESIS OF THE CARBAZOLE ALKALOIDS HYELLAZOLE AND 6-CHLOROHYELLAZOLE AND RELATED DERIVATIVES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (5), 1994, pp. 579-587
We describe a new seven-stage synthesis of the carbazole alkaloids hye
llazole and 6-chlorohyellazole, which proceeds via thermal cyclization
of the 3-(buta-1,3 dienyl)indoles 7ab and 7bb. prepared from the cond
ensation products of indole-2,3-diones 1a, b and the 3-methyl-4-phenyl
but-3-en-2-one 2b. This procedure was also used to prepare related 3-m
ethoxy-1-phenylcarbazole derivatives.