Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.134, No.26, 10815-10818, 2012
Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Construction of Aryl Pyrroloindolines via an Arylation-Cyclization Cascade
An enantioselective arylation-cyclization cascade has been accomplished using a combination of diaryliodonium salts and asymmetric copper catalysis. These mild catalytic conditions provide a new strategy for the enantioselective construction of pyrroloindolines, an important alkaloid structural motif that is commonly found among biologically active natural products.