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Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation Reaction of Indoles with α-Trifluoromethylated β-Nitrostyrenes Catalyzed by Chiral BINOL Metal Phosphate

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An efficient enantioselective Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction of indoles with α-CF3-substituted β-nitrostyrenes is disclosed. The key to success is the use of a chiral calcium BINOL bis(phosphate) complex as a Lewis… Click to show full abstract

An efficient enantioselective Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction of indoles with α-CF3-substituted β-nitrostyrenes is disclosed. The key to success is the use of a chiral calcium BINOL bis(phosphate) complex as a Lewis acid catalyst. The reaction gives access to a wide variety of optically active indoles bearing trifluoromethylated all-carbon quaternary stereocenter (up to 20 examples) in high yields (up to 99%) with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 98%) under mild reaction conditions. Nonactivated α-alkyl-β-nitrostyrenes also participated in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction successfully.

Keywords: enantioselective friedel; alkylation reaction; friedel crafts; crafts alkylation; reaction

Journal Title: ACS Catalysis
Year Published: 2019

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