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J Org Chem
; 75(14): 4872-5, 2010 Jul 16.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20575525
RESUMO
A bifunctional thiourea-tertiary amine-catalyzed asymmetric hydroxymethylation of 3-substituted oxindoles using paraformaldehyde as the C1 unit was developed. A wide scope of oxindoles, bearing C3 sterically congested quaternary carbon centers, were smoothly obtained in good to excellent yields (up to 99%) and high enantioselectivities (up to 91% ee) under mild reaction conditions. A more significant feature of this approach employs cheap and readily available paraformaldehyde as a hydroxymethylation C1 unit, which is activated by chiral bifunctional thiourea organocatalysts.