Enantioselective conjugate addition of alkenylboronic acids to indole-appended enones

Brian J. Lundy, Santa Jansone-Popova, Jeremy A. May

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Abstract

An enantioselective addition of alkenylboronic acids and alkynylboronic esters to unprotected indole-appended enones is reported. This transformation proceeds with high enantioselectivity and high product yields via the use of catalytic amounts of 3,3′-bis(pentafluorophenyl)-BINOL and Mg(Ot-Bu) 2. A range of α-branched indole derivatives are available from the transformation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4958-4961
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume13
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 16 2011
Externally publishedYes

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