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Deciphering DNA-based asymmetric catalysis through intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylations
Park, Soyoung,Ikehata, Keiichi,Watabe, Ryo,Hidaka, Yuta,Rajendran, Arivazhagan,Sugiyama, Hiroshi
supporting information, p. 10398 - 10400,3 (2020/09/09)
We describe asymmetric intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylations with a DNA-based hybrid catalyst and propose a plausible binding model. This study shows promise for studying relationships between the helical chirality of DNA and enantioselectivity of the chemical reaction.
Electrophilic Substitution in Indoles. Part 11. The Mechanism of Substitution in 5-Methoxyindoles
Clack, Denis W.,Jackson, Anthony H.,Prasitpan, Noojaree,Shannon, Patrick V. R.
, p. 909 - 916 (2007/10/02)
Deuterium labelling experiments show that the boron trifluoride-catalysed cyclisation at 90 deg C of 4-(5-methoxyindole-3-yl)butanol (1e) to 6-methoxytetrahydrocarbazole (11a) occurs by two simultaneous pathways.The main route (83.5percent) involves initial cyclisation at the 3-position of (1e) to give an intermediate spirocyclic indolenine which then rearranges to the tetrahydrocarbazole.The minor pathway (16.5percent) involves direct attack at the 2-position.A similar duality of mechanism of substitution applies to the 6-methoxy-, 4,6-dimethoxy-, and 5,6-dimethoxy-indole analogues for which the extent of substitution at the 2-position can be correlated with the calculated change in ?-electron density at the 2- and 3-positions for a series of methoxy-substituted 3-methyl-indoles.These calculations do not, however, fit the experimental findings for the 5-methoxy-derivative which appears to be anomalous, showing an unexpectedly high percentage of direct substitution at the 2-position.A possible explanation of this result is advanced.
