Palladium-Catalyzed, Enantioselective Desymmetrization of N-Acylaziridines with Indoles

Org Lett. 2021 Oct 15;23(20):7916-7920. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02914. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

Abstract

Ring opening reactions of meso-aziridines generate chiral amine derivatives where the control of stereochemistry is possible through enantioselective catalysis. We report the use of a diphosphine-palladium(II) catalyst for the highly enantioselective desymmetrization of N-acylaziridines with indoles. The β-tryptamine products are isolated in moderate to high yield across a range of indole and aziridine substitution patterns. The synthetic utility of β-tryptamine products is demonstrated by conversion to the brominated pyrroloindoline derivative.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aziridines / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Halogenation
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Palladium / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Aziridines
  • Indoles
  • aziridine
  • Palladium