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Molybdenum-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation of 3-alkyloxindoles: Reaction development and applications
Trost, Barry M.,Zhang, Yong
supporting information; experimental part, p. 2916 - 2922 (2011/05/02)
We report a full account of our work towards the development of Mo-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation reactions with 3-alkyloxindoles as nucleophiles. The reaction is complementary to the Pd-catalyzed reaction with regard to the scope of oxindole nucleophiles. A number of 3-alkyloxindoles were alkylated successfully under mild conditions to give products with excellent yields and good-to-excellent enantioselectivities. Applications of this method to the preparation of indoline alkaloids such as (-)-physostigmine, ent-(-)-debromoflustramine B, and the indolinoquinoline rings of communesin B are reported.
