Issue 35, 2016
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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Copper-catalyzed enantioselective C–H functionalization of indoles with an axially chiral bipyridine ligand†

Xiang Gao,ab   Bo Wu,a   Zhong Yana  and  Yong-Gui Zhou*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
E-mail: ygzhou@dicp.ac.cn

b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China

Abstract

Using copper complexes with an axially chiral bipyridine ligand C4-ACBP as the catalyst, an enantioselective functionalization of indoles with diazo compounds was developed with up to 95% ee. This protocol paves the way for further applications of these ligands.

Graphical abstract: Copper-catalyzed enantioselective C–H functionalization of indoles with an axially chiral bipyridine ligand

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6OB01516F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Jul 2016
Accepted
04 Aug 2016
First published
04 Aug 2016

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 8237-8240

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X. Gao, B. Wu, Z. Yan and Y. Zhou, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, 14, 8237 DOI: 10.1039/C6OB01516F

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