Abstract

The iodine-catalyzed cascade reaction of ortho-formylarylketones with indoles for the synthesis of indolylbenzo[b]carbazoles is reported. The reaction is initiated in the presence of iodine by two successive nucleophilic additions of indoles with an aldehyde group of ortho-formylarylketones, and the ketone does not undergo a nucleophilic addition and only involves in the Friedel-Crafts-type cyclization. A variety of substrates are tested, and the efficiency of this reaction is demonstrated with gram-scale reactions.

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