Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative Allylic Alkylation of Indoles with Alkynes To Synthesize Indolenines with C3-Quarternary Centers.

A palladium-catalyzed dearomative allylic alkylation of indoles with alkynes to construct indolenines with C3-quarternary centers was reported. The in situ formed arylallene intermediate omitted the need to install leaving groups on the allylic compounds and employ extra oxidants to oxidize the allylic C-H bonds. The reaction exhibited good functional group tolerance and high atom economy. Moreover, the reaction was further expanded to synthesize pyrroloindolines and furanoindolines.