“…We have previously synthesized and utilized the indolo [1,2-b] [2,7]naphthyridine-5,12-dione (6) ring system to forge several members of the 6H-pyrido [4,3-b]carbazole family of antitumor alkaloids, including ellipticine (7), 9-methoxyellipticine (8), olivacine (9), 13-oxoellipticine (10), 7,8,9,10-tetrafluoroellipticine (11), and ellipticine quinone (12) [15][16][17][18][19][20] (Figure 2). A variation of our method allowed for the synthesis of 10Hpyrido [2,3-b]carbazoles (13) 21 and 6,11-disubstituted-benzo[b]carbazoles (14).…”