ABSTRACT
An efficient enantioselective α-amination of 2-substituted 3-indolinones has been achieved for the first time using hydroquinidine as a chiral catalyst through an aza-Michael reaction. The desired α-hydrazino esters are obtained in excellent yields with high enantiomeric excess leading to a quaternary stereocenter with a broad substrate scope.
ABSTRACT
A domino cyclization of 3-((3-(2-aminophenyl)prop-2-ynylamino)methyl)but-3-en-1-ol with aldehydes has been accomplished employing 5 mol % of the Ph3PAuCl/AgSbF6/In(OTf)3 system to afford the corresponding octahydrospiro[pyran-4,4'-pyrido[3,4-b]indole] derivatives in good yields with high selectivity. This is the first report on the synthesis of spiro-ß-carbolines through a multicatalytic cascade process.