Sidearm effect: Improvement of the enantiomeric excess in the asymmetric Michael addition of indoles to alkylidene malonates

Jian Zhou, Yong Tang

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Abstract

A pseudo-C3-trisoxazoline was designed and synthesized. The improvement of the traditional bisoxazoline into a novel trisoxazoline by a sidearm approach resulted in highly catalytic enantioselective Michael addition of indoles to alkylidene malonates. Excellent catalytic reactivity and enantioselectivity (up to 99% yield and 93% ee) were achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9030-9031
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume124
Issue number31
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 2002
Externally publishedYes

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