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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218821
Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Furans and Indoles with Simple α,β-Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by Oxazaborolidinone
Publication History
Publication Date:
18 June 2010 (online)
Abstract
allo-Threonine-derived oxazaborolidinone (OXB) catalyzes the Friedel-Crafts alkylation of furans and indoles with simple acyclic α,β-unsaturated ketones to give the products in high yields and with high enantioselectivities. With 5-10 mol% of the OXB catalyst, enantioselectivities of up to 94% ee could be achieved for a variety of substrates. The use of N,N-dimethylaniline (2.5-10 mol%) as an additive is found to be essential for enantioselectivity. The effects of the additive are discussed in terms of the retardation of a proton-catalyzed racemic pathway, which deteriorates the enantioselectivity of the Friedel-Crafts reactions.
Key words
asymmetric catalysis - enones - Friedel-Crafts reaction - furans - indoles
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