Tymann, Dina ChristinaBenedix, LarsIovkova, LyubaPallach, RomanHenke, SebastianTymann, DavidHiersemann, Martin2021-07-192021-07-192020-05-28http://hdl.handle.net/2003/4032610.17877/DE290R-22201We report on the implementation of the concept of a photochemically elicited two-carbon homologation of a π-donor–π-acceptor substituted chromophore by triple-bond insertion. Implementing a phenyl connector between the slide-in module and the chromophore enabled the synthesis of cylohepta[b]indole-type building blocks by a metal-free annulative one-pot two-carbon ring expansion of the five-membered chromophore. Post-irradiative structural elaboration provided founding members of the indolo[2,3-d]tropone family of compounds. Control experiments in combination with computational chemistry on this multibond reorganization process founded the basis for a mechanistic hypothesis.enChemistry - a european journal;Vol. 26. 2020, Issue 52, pp 11974-11978https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Cascade reactionsCyclohepta[b]indoleIndole[2,3-d]troponePhotochemistryRing expansion540Photochemical approach to the cyclohepta[b]indole scaffold by annulative two-carbon ring-expansionarticle (journal)