%0 Journal Article %T Reactions of 9-Alkyl-3-aminocarbazoles with Ethyl-3-oxo-butanoate and Identification of the Products Obtained %A Birute Sapijanskaite %A Ytautas Mickevicius %A Gema Mikulskiene %J Molecules %D 2006 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/11010072 %X The reactions in benzene of 9-alkyl-3-aminocarbazoles with ethyl-3-oxobutanoateyielded ethyl-3-[(9-alkyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)amino]but-2-enoate condensation products or N-(9-ethyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)-3-oxobutanamide acylation products. The condensation productswere cyclized to the corresponding 4,7-dihydro-pyrido[2,3-c]-carbazol-1-ones upon heatingin mineral oil at 240-250 ˇăC. The structures of the synthesized compounds were investigatedby IR, mass spectrometry, 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy and MM2 molecular mechanicsand AM1 semi-empirical quantum mechanical methods. %K Condensation %K intramolecular cyclization %K substituted pyrido[2 %K 3-c]carbazol-1- ones %K NMR spectra %K molecular modeling. %U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/11/1/72