Cascade Approach to Substituted
6-Aryl-phenanthridines from Aromatic
Aldehydes, Anilines, and
Benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate

Shou, Wang-Ge; Yang, Yun-Yun; Wang, Yan-Guang

doi:10.1021/jo061648i.s002

Cascade Approach to Substituted 6-Aryl-phenanthridines from Aromatic Aldehydes, Anilines, and Benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate

journal contribution

posted on 2006-11-24, 00:00 authored by Wang-Ge Shou, Yun-Yun Yang, Yan-Guang Wang

Aromatic aldehydes reacted with anilines and benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate to afford 6-aryl-phenanthridines. The reaction furnishes a rapid and direct construction of substituted phenanthridine rings from readily available starting materials via a one-pot cascade process.