88097-45-4

Upstream product

• 88097-42-1 3-(2-adamantylcarbonyl)-2-methylindole 
• 1304141-31-8 C₁₆H₂₁NO 
• 95-20-5 2-methyl-1H-indole 
• 2043-61-0 cyclohexanecarbaldehyde 

Downstream Products

• 1304141-52-3 (2R,3R)-(-)-2-methyl-3-(cyclohexylmethyl)indoline 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Br?nsted-Acid-Promoted Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Unprotected Indoles: A Cocatalysis of Transition Metal and Anion Binding

The incorporation of Br?nsted acid, thiourea anion binding, and transition metal catalysis enables an efficient method to synthesize chiral indolines via hydrogenation of indoles. Catalyzed by a rhodium/ZhaoPhos complex, asymmetric hydrogenation of unprotected indoles is performed smoothly with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee, up to 400 TON). Br?nsted acid HCl activates indoles to form iminium ion intermediates. Mechanistic studies support the assumption that anion binding plays a crucial role as a secondary interaction. DFT calculations reveal an outer-sphere mechanism in this chemical transformation.

Easy access to a library of alkylindoles: Reductive alkylation of indoles with carbonyl compounds and hydrosilanes under indium catalysis

By applying carbonyl compounds as sources of alkyl groups to the indium-catalyzed reductive alkylation of indoles, a reliable and practical method capable of offering a wide range of alkylindoles with structural diversity has been developed. An important

Homogenous Pd-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of unprotected indoles: Scope and mechanistic studies

An efficient palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of a variety of unprotected indoles has been developed that gives up to 98% ee using a strong Br?nsted acid as the activator. This methodology was applied in the facile synthesis of biologically active products containing a chiral indoline skeleton. The mechanism of Pd-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation was investigated as well. Isotope-labeling reactions and ESI-HRMS proved that an iminium salt formed by protonation of the C=C bond of indoles was the significant intermediate in this reaction. The important proposed active catalytic Pd-H species was observed with 1H NMR spectroscopy. It was found that proton exchange between the Pd-H active species and solvent trifluoroethanol (TFE) did not occur, although this proton exchange had been previously observed between metal hydrides and alcoholic solvents. Density functional theory calculations were also carried out to give further insight into the mechanism of Pd-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of indoles. This combination of experimental and theoretical studies suggests that Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation goes through a stepwise outer-sphere and ionic hydrogenation mechanism. The activation of hydrogen gas is a heterolytic process assisted by trifluoroacetate of Pd complex via a six-membered-ring transition state. The reaction proceeds well in polar solvent TFE owing to its ability to stabilize the ionic intermediates in the Pd-H generation step. The strong Br?nsted acid activator can remarkably decrease the energy barrier for both Pd-H generation and hydrogenation. The high enantioselectivity arises from a hydrogen-bonding interaction between N-H of the iminium salt and oxygen of the coordinated trifluoroacetate in the eight-membered-ring transition state for hydride transfer, while the active chiral Pd complex is a typical bifunctional catalyst, effecting both the hydrogenation and hydrogen-bonding interaction between the iminium salt and the coordinated trifluoroacetate of Pd complex. Notably, the Pd-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation is relatively tolerant to oxygen, acid, and water.

An efficient route to 2,3-disubstituted indoles via reductive alkylation using H2 as reductant

An efficient route to 2,3-disubstituted indoles was developed via reductive alkylation of 2-substituted indoles using hydrogen as a clean and atom economic reductant under ambient pressure.

The Reduction of Some Alicyclic- and Aryl-substituted 3-Acyl Derivatives of 2-Methylindole

The structure of the products formed fro the reduction of some 3-acyl derivatives of 2-methylindole were dependent on the nature of the substituent α-to the carbonyl group and the reducing agent being used.When the substituent was aryl the only recoverabl