“…Examples of potential annulation modes are the pyrido- dimeric pyrido[4,3-c]carbazole, is under clinical trial for the treatment of cancer (Scheme 221). 492,493 The methods that were used for the synthesis of various isomeric pyrido[a]carbazoles and pyrido[c]carbazoles involve the photocyclization of indole derivatives, 320,321,334,479,[494][495][496][497][498] the functionalization of carbazole derivatives, [499][500][501][502][503] the Fischer indolization of hydrazone derivatives, [504][505][506] the base-induced cyclization of indole derivatives, 507 the Diels-Alder cycloaddition of indole-2,3-quinodimethane equivalents, 318,360,508 the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of substituted indoles, 473 the tandem reaction of 2-cyano-∆ 3 -piperidines, 509 the cyclization of aminoquinolines and azidoquinolines, 510 and the thermal cyclization of azidocarbazole derivatives. 451…”