Sarat Chatterjee and Chinmay Chowdhury
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025,23, 8841-8861
Abstract
In this review, we provide a brief yet comprehensive account of the metal-catalysed syntheses of four isomeric carbolines (α/β/γ/δ) along with the mechanistic pathways involved in the aforesaid strategies.
Yao Zhang, Fule Wu, Muneeb Ur Rehman and Sihui Long
RSC Med. Chem., 2026,17, 2197-2269
Abstract
This review comprehensively explores the design, synthesis, and pharmacological activities of carboline isomers reported between 2000 and 2025, with a particular emphasis on their key bioactivities, encompassing anticancer, neuroprotective, antiparasitic, and antimicrobial.
Amisha Punmiya, Alka Raj Pandey and Amisha Vora
RSC Med. Chem., 2025,16, 4676-4697
Abstract
This review presents a detailed analysis of β-carbolines as promising multi-target antimalarial agents.
Mu-Peng Luo, Yi-Jie Gu and Shou-Guo Wang
Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 251-256
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Abstract
A highly efficient enantioselective direct C–H functionalization of β-carbolines via a Minisci-type radical process under a photo-redox and chiral phosphoric acid cooperative catalytic system has been disclosed.
Tao Liu, Tuanli Yao, Ruihua Guo and Xiangyang Qin
Org. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 3504-3508
Abstract
The first palladium-catalyzed cascade reaction combining Pd(II)-catalyzed nucleophilic cyclization of alkynes and intramolecular redox-relay Heck arylation of alkenols has been developed.