A palladium-catalyzed sequential Heck coupling/C-C bond activation approach to oxindoles with all-carbon-quaternary centers

Org Biomol Chem. 2022 Feb 23;20(8):1642-1646. doi: 10.1039/d1ob02440j.

Abstract

Catalytic construction of oxindoles bearing all-carbon-quaternary centers attracts wide attention from the synthetic chemistry community. Herein, we report a palladium-catalyzed sequential Heck coupling/C-C bond activation of aryl halide-tethered alkenes with benzocyclobutenols affording a series of oxindole-derived compounds in good to excellent yields, as well as the preliminary enantioselectivity results.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't