A highly enantioselective Hg(II)-catalyzed Sakurai-Hosomi reaction of isatins with allyltrimethylsilanes

  • Zhong Yan Cao
  • , Jia Sheng Jiang
  • , Jian Zhou*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A chiral complex derived from (S)-difluorophos and Hg(OTf)2 is identified as a powerful catalyst for the Sakurai-Hosomi reaction of isatins with allyltrimethylsilane, allowing the facile synthesis of valuable building blocks 3-allyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles in up to 97% ee, with only 0.5-1.0 mol% of catalyst loading.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5500-5504
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume14
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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