M. Sekar et Kjr. Prasad, A ONE-STEP SYNTHESIS OF GIRINIMBINE ISOMERS AND THEIR ANALOGS, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 33(5), 1994, pp. 479-480
A facile one-step synthesis of title compounds, some of them (6a-c) is
omeric with girinimbine (1), has been developed. Condensation of 1-hyd
roxycarbazole derivatives (3a-c, 5a-c) with 3-methyl-2-butenal affords
the requisite 2,2-dimethyl-2H-pyrano[2,3-a]carbazole derivatives (4a-
c, 6a-c).