The azafluorenones constitute a growing class of alkaloids. 1 Representative natural products of this class include compounds 1-5 as shown. Onychine (1) was active against C. albicans B311 with a MIC of 3.12 µg per milliliter. 2 In addition, compound 1 also exhibited antimicrobial activity against S. aureus NCTC 8530, B. subtilis IFO 3007, Escherichia coli IFO 3545, and Saccharomyces cereVisiae IFO 0203 in the range 50 to >100 µg per milliliter. 3 Polyfothine (2) shows DNA-damaging activity. 4 Isoursuline (5) exhibited antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum at micromolar concentrations. 5 Both compounds 1 and 2 have been synthesized by Koyama using an acid-catalyzed rearrangement of the oxime O-allyl ether of an indanone. 6 Compound 1 has also been synthesized by way of intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reactions and organometallic coupling reactions. 7,8 Of particular note is the novel boronic acid coupling developed by Snieckus and co-workers. 9