Organocatalytic regio- and enantioselective C1-arylation of β,γ-alkynyl-α-imino esters with pyrrolo[2,1- a]isoquinolines

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Jan 18;60(7):831-834. doi: 10.1039/d3cc04946a.

Abstract

We herein report regio- and enantioselective arylation of β,γ-alkynyl-α-imino esters with pyrroloisoquinolines. Using chiral phosphoric acid catalysts, a wide range of novel axially chiral tetrasubstituted α-amino allenoates were accessed in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities. Notably, this transformation occurred preferentially at the sterically more hindered C1-position of pyrroloisoquinolines. The potential scalability and late-stage functionalization demonstrated the utility of the current protocol.