ChemInform Abstract: A Facile and Efficient Synthesis of Hexahydro-1H-pyrido[2,3-b]indol-2-one Scaffolds via a Sequential Michael Addition/Amidation/Reductive Cyclization Process.
A variety of products bearing a hexahydro-1H-pyrido[2,3-b]indol-2-one core, a key structural skeleton in a large number of biologically active natural products and pharmaceutical compounds, are obtained with high efficiency.