Chemo- and Stereoselective Dearomative Coupling of Indoles and Bielectrophilic β-Imino Boronic Esters via Imine-Induced 1,2-Boronate Migration

Org Lett. 2021 Nov 19;23(22):8984-8988. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03510. Epub 2021 Nov 4.

Abstract

A new imine-induced 1,2-boronate migration has been developed for achieving chemo- and stereoselective dearomative coupling of C3-substituted indoles and bi-electrophilic β-imino boronic esters, providing rapid access to complex chiral indoline boronic esters with four stereocenters including an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter and a tertiary α-aminoboronic ester. In contrast, coupling of indoles without C3 substitution and β-imino boronic esters provided tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indoles via imine-induced 1,2-boronate migration followed by deborylative rearomatization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't