Jia-Qi Shang, Xiang-Xiang Wang, Yangchun Xin, Yi Li, Bin Zhou and Ya-Min Li
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 9447-9455
DOI:
10.1039/C9OB02023C,
Paper
An oxidative decarboxylative cascade cyclization of α-keto acids with 2-cyano-3-arylaniline-derived acrylamides was developed. This cascade reaction exhibits a broad substrate scope, and provides an efficient access to carbonyl-containing pyrido[4,3,2-gh]phenanthridines. A possible mechanism is proposed.