| Literature DB >> 30379081 |
Thien Phuc Le1, Kazuyuki Higashita1, Shinji Tanaka1, Masahiro Yoshimura2, Masato Kitamura1.
Abstract
A CuII complex of bisamidine ligand L S catalyzes the Friedel-Crafts (FC) reaction of indole with trifluoropyruvate with high generality, yielding the highly enantiomerically enriched FC adduct. Electron-rich indoles have high reactivity due to a dual activation mechanism showing second-order kinetics for CuII, whereas indoles with a soft substituent at C(4) proceed at a rate that is three orders of magnitude lower via a coordination mechanism, which reverses the sense of enantioselectivity.Entities:
Year: 2018 PMID: 30379081 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03086
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005