A palladium-catalyzed multicomponentreaction (MCR) involving aryne, CO, and aniline is established for straightforward assembly of a phenanthridinone scaffold through C–H bond activation. Free combination with multiple kinds of readily available anilines and arynes is facilely achieved for phenanthridinone construction without prefunctionalization. Representative natural products were subsequently
Phenanthridinone alkaloids crinasiadine 1 and N‐alkylcrinasiadines 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 have been synthesized based on palladium‐catalyzed tandem C–C and C–N bond formation starting from 2‐aminophenylboronic acid and 2‐bromobenzoate in short steps. Related alkaloids, 5,6‐dihydrobicolorine 2, trisphaeridine 3, and bicolorine 12 have also been synthesized.
transformation. This reaction features ambient air as the sole oxidant and oxygen source, a broad substrate scope, and excellent functional-group tolerance and proceeds under mild reaction conditions. Furthermore, a highly efficient synthesis of bioactive molecules and natural products including N-methylcrinasiadine, N-isopentylcrinasiadine, N-phenethylcrinasiadine, isoindolo[2,1-b]isoquinolin-5(7H)-one, PJ-34,