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B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Direct C3 Alkylation of Indoles and Oxindoles
Basak, Shyam,Alvarez-Montoya, Ana,Winfrey, Laura,Melen, Rebecca L.,Morrill, Louis C.,Pulis, Alexander P.
, p. 4835 - 4840 (2020/04/22)
The direct C3 alkylation of indoles and oxindoles is a challenging transformation, and only a few direct methods exist. Utilizing the underexplored ability of triaryl boranes to mediate the heterolytic cleavage of α-nitrogen C-H bonds in amines, we have developed a catalytic approach for the direct C3 alkylation of a wide range of indoles and oxindoles using amine-based alkylating agents. We also employed this borane-catalyzed strategy in an alkylation-ring opening cascade.
