title: Aminocarbene Complexes of Chromium. 8. Access to the Pyrroloindole and Pyrrolochinoline Frameworks and Synthesis of Substituted Lycoranes.
abstract: The use of alkynylaminocarbene complexes of chromium as starting material for the synthesis of pyrroloindole, pyrrolochinoline, and azaacenaphtylenone skeletons via cascade insertions of alkynes and CO followed by the rearrangement of zwitterionic intermediates was examined. Both the precursor complexes, synthesized from the appropriate functionalized lactams, as well as their thermolysis products were obtained in satisfactory yields and could be fully characterized. This reaction was finally applied to the synthesis of substituted lycoranes, a result which confirmed its general scope.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique et Organométallique URA 408, Université P. et M. Curie, Tour 44-45, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouaucheau
authors.forename: Andrée
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parlier
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rudler