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SUBMITTER: Kieffer ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3310256 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120305 11
The tandem Friedel-Crafts conjugate addition/asymmetric protonation reaction between 2-substituted indoles and methyl 2-acetamidoacrylate is reported. The reaction is catalyzed by (R)-3,3'-dibromo-BINOL in the presence of stoichiometric SnCl(4), and is the first example of a tandem conjugate addition/asymmetric protonation reaction using a BINOL·SnCl(4) complex as the catalyst. A range of indoles furnished synthetic tryptophan derivatives in good yields and high levels of enantioselectivity, eve ...[more]