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SUBMITTER: Trost BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2516200 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20060501 19
We have developed a new enantioselective C-3 allylation of 3-substituted indoles using allyl alcohol and trialkylboranes. Asymmetric syntheses of 3,3-disubstituted indolines and indolenines in enantiomeric excesses up to 90% have been achieved using the bulky borane 9-BBN-C6H13 as the promoter of the reaction. The dependence of the selectivity on the nature of the borane suggests that the boron reagent has a role beyond promoting ionization of the allyl alcohol. A protocol for oxidation of indol ...[more]