Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts reaction of indoles with arylidene malonates catalyzed by iPr-bisoxazoline–Cu(OTf)2

  • Jian Zhou
  • , Yong Tang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The cheap and simple iPr-bisoxazoline–Cu(OTf)2 proves to be an efficient catalyst in the asymmetric Friedel–Crafts reaction of indole with arylidene malonates. In iBuOH, the S-enantiomer was obtained in up to 97% ee, while the opposite enantiomer was obtained in up to 78% ee in CH2Cl2 or TTCE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)432-433
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

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