title: Synthesis of carbazoloquinone natural products 'on-water'.
abstract: The total synthesis of a number of carbazolo-1,4-quinone natural products using on-water chemistry is described. A recently developed domino 'in-water, on-water' process is employed to rapidly and efficiently generate königinequinone A, which subsequently enables access to murrayaquinones B, C, D and E, and pyrayaquinones B and C, via a remarkably facile on-water catalysed Claisen rearrangement.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. christopher.mcerlean@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Norcott
authors.forename: C S P
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: McErlean
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D011809:Quinones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D002227:Carbazoles; D011809:Quinones; D014867:Water