“…Owing to the many structural derivatives of phenanthridines [ 11 ], their synthesis has been known since the beginning of the 20th century [ 12 ]. There are many classical methods available, e.g., via the Schmidt reaction [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ], the Ullmann reaction [ 17 ], and the Beckmann rearrangement reaction [ 18 , 19 ], dienone-phenol rearrangement [ 20 ], and intramolecular rearrangement reaction [ 21 ]. In addition, phenanthridinones can be constructed through dichromate oxidation [ 22 ], internal cyclisation of a benzyne intermediate [ 23 , 24 , 25 ], and other conventional methods [ 26 , 27 ].…”