Total Synthesis of Dictyodendrins B and E, and Formal Synthesis of Dictyodendrin C

A full account of the concise total syntheses of dictyodendrins B and E, and the formal synthesis of dictyodendrin C are described. A palladium-catalysed Larock indole synthesis was used to form the highly substituted indole core, and a palladium-mediated one-pot consecutive Buchwald-Hartwig amination/C-H activation reaction was used to construct the key pyrrolo[2,3-c]carbazole core. Unsuccessful synthetic strategies are also discussed.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000341769700015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Chemistry, OrganicSCI(E)6ARTICLEyxjia@bjmu.edu.cn265735-574