Catalytic and enantioselective α-functionalization of oxindoles through oxidative reactions with naphthoquinones

  • Woon Yew Siau
  • , Wenjun Li
  • , Fei Xue
  • , Qiao Ren
  • , Minghu Wu
  • , Shaofa Sun
  • , Haibing Guo*
  • , Xuefeng Jiang
  • , Jian Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Strong as an oxindole: The enantioselective assembly of 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles is an attractive and valuable target because of the unique properties of the oxindole core. A new organocatalyzed and enantioselective aerobic oxidative strategy for the assembly of this core structure from oxindoles and simple naphthoquinones is reported (see scheme).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9491-9495
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume18
Issue number31
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Jul 2012

Keywords

  • asymmetric catalysis
  • indane
  • organocatalysis
  • oxindole
  • thiourea

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