Modular synthesis of chiral homo- and heterotrisoxazolines. Improving the enantioselectivity in the asymmetric Michael addition of indole to benzylidene malonate

  • Meng Chun Ye
  • , Bin Li
  • , Jian Zhou
  • , Xiu Li Sun
  • , Yong Tang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A simple approach to a diverse set of chiral trisoxazolines is described. Deprotonation of bisoxazolines 2, followed by treatment of 2- chloromethyloxazolines 3, affords chiral trisoxazolines, including chiral homo- and hetero-trisoxazolines in good to high yields. These trisoxazolines are successfully applied in the asymmetric reaction of indole with benzylidene malonate, and ee's up to 93% were obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6108-6110
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume70
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Jul 2005
Externally publishedYes

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