Dibenzo-Fused Heterocycles: A Decade Update on the Syntheses of Carbazole, Dibenzofuran, and Dibenzothiophene

Abstract

Polycyclic heterocycles are the most common and critical structural motifs found in a variety of natural products, medicines, fertilizers, and advanced materials. Because of their widespread use in biologically active compounds and material chemistry, functionalised dibenzo heterocyclic compounds, especially dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, and carbazole derivatives, garnered much attention over time. Scientists are especially interested in elucidating more efficient techniques for developing these industrially essential compounds. Dibenzo-fused heterocycles can rapidly be synthesised using highly efficient transition metal-catalysed strategies as well as by economic metal-free reaction conditions. This review includes a detailed overview of the most recent significant synthetic techniques, both metal-catalysed and metal-free, to produce these industrially significant and medicinally important dibenzo-fused heterocycles.