A novel palladium-catalyzed cascade cyclization of alkene-tethered aryl halides with o-bromobenzoic acids is described, which provides an efficient avenue for building various fused hexacyclic scaffolds containing indolo­[2,1-a]­isoquinoline in moderate to excellent yield. The method enables the construction of three C–C bonds through an intramolecular carbopalladation, C–H activation, and a decarboxylation sequence. Furthermore, dihydrocyclohepta­[de]­naphthalene-fused indolo­[2,1-a]­isoquinolines can be synthesized in moderate yield by constructing a seven-membered ring.

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The construction of a seven-membered ring in the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon skeleton remains a notoriously difficult but attractive challenge. Herein a novel palladium-catalyzed [4 + 3] decarboxylative annulation of 2-iodobiphenyls with 2-(2-halophenyl)­acrylic acids is reported, which provides an efficient approach for assembling various tribenzo[7]­annulenes via a C–H activation and decarboxylation process. Moreover, tribenzo[7]­annulenes can be also synthesized via a [2 + 2 + 3] decarboxylative annulation strategy by employing readily available 1,2-halobenzenes, phenylboronic acids, and 2-(2-halophenyl)­acrylic acids.

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Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death. In this study, a ratiometric fluorescent probe, gold carbon dots (GCDs) consisting of carbon skeleton and gold nanoclusters, was used for in situ imaging to monitor redox status in biothiols (glutathione and cysteine) and ferric metabolism of cancer cells in ferroptosis. The as-prepared GCDs can selectively respond to biothiols, interestingly, the fluorescence may be switched to sense ferric ions without interference by biothiols under proper conditions. The robust GCDsprobe exhibits excellent photobleaching resistance and can reversibly respond to intracellular biothiols/ferric ion with high temporal resolution. The 8 h real-time imaging of living cells was employed to track the fluctuation of biothiols, showing the change of redox status in ferroptosis. In addition, release of ferric ions in cells was monitored. The real-time imaging of depletion of biothiols and release of ferric ion in cells indicates the GCDs-probe can monitor how the ferroptosis regulates redox status in biothiols and ferric metabolism.