Highly Diastereoselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Indolines by Interceptive Benzylic Decarboxylative Cycloaddition of Nonvinyl, Trifluoromethyl Benzoxazinanones with Sulfur Ylides under Palladium Catalysis.

A highly diastereoselective synthesis of trifluoromethyl-substituted indolines under palladium catalysis is disclosed. The reaction proceeds by interceptive decarboxylative benzylic cycloaddition (IDBC) of nonvinyl, trifluoromethyl benzoxazinanones with sulfur ylides. The palladium-π-benzyl zwitterionic intermediates are suggested for this transformation, and this would be the first example of an IDBC reaction.