Switchable Skeletal Rearrangement of Dihydroisobenzofuran Acetals with Indoles

Org Lett. 2019 Jun 7;21(11):4313-4317. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01488. Epub 2019 May 16.

Abstract

The switchable skeletal rearrangement for the construction of amino indanones and tetrahydroisoquinolones frameworks had been developed. In the presence of a chiral phosphoric acid catalyst, the reaction gave the amino indanones in high yields and good to excellent ee (85-98%), while the methoxyl substituent at the 5-position of dihydroisobenzofuran acetal selectively gave isoquinolinones products in good to excellent ee (46-98%). Furthermore, DFT calculations were performed to explain the regioselectivity of the switchable transformation pathways.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't