Construction of Chiral Tri- and Tetra-Arylmethanes Bearing Quaternary Carbon Centers: Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylation of Indoles with Propargylic Esters
Tsuchida, K.; Senda, Y.; Nakajima, K.; Nishibayashi, Y.
Angewandte Chemie 55(33): 9728-9732
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 1521-3773 PMID: 27346363 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604182
Accession: 057496462
Copper-catalyzed enantioselective propargylation of indoles with propargylic esters and sequential Huisgen cycloaddition with azides lead to the construction of chiral triarylmethanes, bearing a quaternary carbon center, with high to excellent enantioselectivities. The result described herein can be used in the enantioselective preparation of a tetraarylmethane.