Abstract
An enantioselective multi-component reaction (MCR) was exquisitely developed by using a catalytic model of a triple-functionalised metal centre in a RhI/(DHQ)2PHAL system via multiple coordination interactions. The catalytic reactivity of the RhI centres was critically modulated by a complex dissociation process rather than a common ligand exchange process. The developed MCR offers a mild, atom-efficient, and step-economical method to construct 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities. This study provides an efficient example that gives insight into a strategy for the discovery of MCRs by using high-coordination-number transition metals as multiple functional catalytic centres.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2799-2804 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Organic Chemistry Frontiers |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 19 |
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| State | Published - 7 Oct 2018 |