Exploiting the Distal Reactivity of Indolyl Methylenemalononitriles: An Asymmetric Organocatalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition with Enals Enables the Assembly of Elusive Dihydrocarbazoles
- 27 June 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemistry – A European Journal
- Vol. 22 (36) , 12637-12640
Abstract
An unprecedented technique for the in situ generation of indolyl ortho‐quinodimethanes from 2‐methylindole‐based methylenemalononitriles by amine‐mediated remote C(sp3)−H deprotonation was developed. These intermediates were efficiently trapped by diverse enals to provide a rapid entry to 2,9‐dihydro‐1H‐carbazole‐3‐carboxyaldehyde structures through a formal asymmetric [4+2] eliminative cycloaddition governed by a α,α‐diphenylprolinol trimethylsilyl ether catalyst.Keywords
Funding Information
- Università degli Studi di Parma
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