Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Functionalization of Quinoxalinium Salts.
Kacey G OrtizJensen S HammonsRashad R KarimovPublished in: Organic letters (2023)
We report a rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of aryl and alkenyl boronic acids to quinoxalinium salts that generates dihydroquinoxalines with high enantioselectivity. Functionalization of the reaction products, dihydroquinoxaline, allows the preparation of tetrahydroquinoxalines with various substitution patterns.