A Review on Synthetic Approaches of Phenanthridine

The phenanthridine family is widely found in medicinal chemistry and material science because of the biological activity and the presence in a variety of significant natural products and synthetic dye-stuffs. The phenanthridine has many clinical application like anticancer agent, antibacterial, antiprotozoal, pharmaceutically, and optoelectronic properties. Many methods have been reported for the synthesis of phenanthridine and phenanthridine alkaloids such as Pd catalyzed C-C bond forming. Reaction involving C-H activation , Radical, Microwave-assisted , transition metal catalyzed, one- pot cascade, benzyne mediated, photochemical, hypervalent iodine promoted ,etc. Here we summarized the literature data from 2014 to present concerning a novel or improved synthetic approaches.