Rh(III)-Catalyzed Csp2-Csp3 σ-Bond Enolation of α-Indolyl Alcohols.
Xinwei HuZheng TanLi XiongCan YangHuan-Feng JiangWei ZengPublished in: Organic letters (2021)
A Rh(III)-catalyzed Csp2-Csp3 σ-bond carbenoid functionalization of α-(2-indolyl)alcohols with acceptor/acceptor diazo compounds has been developed. This transformation provides an efficient strategy to assemble stable C2-enolated indole skeletons via Csp2-Csp3 σ-bond cleavage.
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