“…In addition, many of these fused heterocyclesh ave promising biological activities. [14] Now,a sacontinuation of our previous research in the design and construction of new heterocyclicc ompounds, [15] we report here an efficient and concises ynthesis of acenaphtho [1,2-b]indoles with different substitution patternsf rom commercially available enaminones, acenaphthoquinone, and alcohols by aza-enea ddition cyclization or three-component domino reactions (Scheme1). Although severalm ethods for the construction of acenaphtho [1,2-b]indoles have been reported, [16] for example, solid-phase reaction and l-proline-catalyzed three-component reaction of acenaphthoquinone, enaminones and barbituric acid, the development of methodsf or the synthesis of such products with the advantages of molecular diversity,m ild conditions, and sustainable chemistry was still necessary.…”