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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5949851 | biostudies-other | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chemical science 20150623 10
A highly enantioselective [2+2] <i>versus</i> a [4+2]-cycloaddition of 3-styrylindoles to <i>N</i>-allenamides catalyzed by identical gold(i)/chiral phosphoramidite complexes is presented, which provides facile access to synthetically valuable, optically active substituted cyclobutanes and tetrahydrocarbazoles. The cycloaddition mode unexpectedly depends on the electronic nature of the <i>N</i>-substituent 3-styrylindoles, the origin of which could be well rationalized using DFT calculations and ...[more]