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Pyrido[1,2-a]indoles are known as medicinally and pharmaceutically important compounds, but there is a lack of efficient methods for their synthesis. We report a convenient and efficient route to these privileged structures starting from easily accessible 2-substituted pyridines and aryne precursors. A small library of compounds has been synthesized utilizing the developed method, affording variously substituted pyrido[1,2-a]indoles in moderate to good yields.

N-Acylcarbazoles have been synthesized in moderate to good yields by the annulation of in situ generated arynes with 2-haloacetanilides in the presence of a palladium catalyst and CsF. Both C-C and C-N bonds are formed simultaneously, and a variety of functional groups are tolerated in this reaction.

The reaction of readily accessible 1,1-dialkylhydrazones with commercially available o-(trimethylsilyl)aryl triflates provides a direct one-step route to pharmaceutically important 1-alkylindazoles. The products are obtained in high yields by one-pot NCS-chlorination/aryne annulation or Ac2O-acylation/deprotection/aromatization protocols.

An efficient and widely applicable method to prepare biologically important pyridoindole malonates and related compounds is reported.

The reaction of readily accessible 1,1-dialkylhydrazones with commercially available o-(trimethylsilyl)aryl triflates provides a direct one-step route to pharmaceutically important 1-alkylindazoles. The products are obtained in high yields by one-pot NCS-chlorination/aryne annulation or Ac(2)O-acylation/deprotection/aromatization protocols.