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Asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of 2-methyl-3-indolylmethanols via in situ generation of o -quinodimethanes
Xiao, You-Cai,Zhou, Qing-Qing,Dong, Lin,Liu, Tian-Yu,Chen, Ying-Chun
supporting information, p. 5940 - 5943 (2013/02/22)
An asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of 2-methyl-3-indolylmethanols and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes has been developed that relies on in situ generation of active indole-2,3-quinodimethane intermediates under mild acidic conditions and uses a secondary chiral amine as iminium activation catalyst. An array of highly enantioenriched tetrahydrocarbazoles have been efficiently produced in fair to good yields.
