Enantioselective construction of a 2,2'-bisindolylmethane scaffold via catalytic asymmetric reactions of 2-indolylmethanols with 3-alkylindoles

Org Biomol Chem. 2015 Aug 7;13(29):7993-8000. doi: 10.1039/c5ob00815h. Epub 2015 Jun 26.

Abstract

A chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric reaction of 2-indolylmethanols with 3-alkylindoles has been established, which constructed a biologically important 2,2'-bisindolylmethane scaffold in high yields and good enantioselectivities (up to 98% yield, 94:6 er). This protocol not only provides an efficient method for constructing a 2,2'-bisindolylmethane framework in an enantioselective form, but also promotes the development of 2-indolylmethanol-involved catalytic asymmetric transformations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Methane / chemistry*
  • Methanol / chemistry*
  • Solvents / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Indoles
  • Solvents
  • Methane
  • Methanol