Total syntheses of a set of naturally occurring 3-oxygenated carbazole alkaloids -6-chlorohyellazole, carazostatin, carbazomycins A and B -are described. The key-strategy underlines a highly chemo-and regioselective rhodium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization between appropriately tailored yne-ynamides and 1-methoxypropyne that is stirred by the interplay o f stereoelectronic and steric effects allowing the introduction of four rin g substituents of the natural carbazoles within a single step and making the overall syntheses short and efficient.Carbazole alkaloids are an important class of natural products displaying high diversity in their substitution pattern and revealing a broad range of biological activities. 1 In the case of 3-hydroxycarbazole alkaloids, an alkyl chain is typically displayed at position C-1 but some exceptions are found. For example, hyellazole and 6-chlorohyellazole have the particularity of bearing a phenyl group at this position (Figure 1). Both are of marine origin and have been isolated from the blue-green alga Hyella caespitosa. 2 Other 3-hydroxycarbazoles such as antiostatin A1, 3 carazostatin, 4 and the carbazomycins 5 A and B were isolated from micro-organisms, Streptomyces cyaneus 2007-SV1, Streptomyces chromofuscus, and Streptoverticillium ehimense H1051-MY 10, respectively.Very recently, the carbazomycin B producing strain Streptomyces luteoverticillatus SZJ61 was isolated from marine sediment in China. 6 Carbazomycins A and B are the first carbazole-related antibiotics possessing weak antibacterial and antiyeast activity and inhibit the growth of some phytopathogenic fungi. 5a,6 Carbazomycin A displays weak cytotoxicity against cancerous (MCF-7, KB, NCI-H187) and non-