Potential antitumoral scaffold indolo[3,2-c]quinoline 5a was obtained by an intramolecular Heck cyclisation from the corresponding 2-iodophenyl-3-indolecarboxamide 4a. The 7-azaindole analogue 5b was prepared by the same approach. Triflate displacement of compounds 6 according to Suzuki and Stille reactions gave the 6-substituted derivatives 7-10.